Visiano (Miocene of Italy)
Where: Italy (44.7° N, 10.0° E: paleocoordinates 44.3° N, 9.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Salsomaggiore Formation, Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: F. Cigala-Fulgosi and G. Pilleri. 1985. The lower Serravallian cetacean fauna of Visiano (Northern Apennines, Parma, Italy). Investigations on Cetacea 17:55-93 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 48656: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 25.03.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
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? Monotherium sp. Van Beneden 1876 seal | |
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Scaldicetus inflatus n. sp. Cigala-Fulgosi and Pilleri 1985 toothed whale
Scaldicetus grandis Du Bus 1872 toothed whale
Scaldicetus crispus n. sp. Cigala-Fulgosi and Pilleri 1985 toothed whale | |
Eurhinodelphinidae indet. Abel 1901 toothed whale | |
Tursiops cf. miocaenus, "cf. Delphinus uncidens" = Globicephala uncidens
Tursiops cf. miocaenus Portis 1886 dolphin
"cf. Delphinus uncidens" = Globicephala uncidens Lankester 1864 pilot whale | |
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Neosqualodon gastaldii gastaldii Rothausen 1968 toothed whale | |
Squalodon bellunensis Dal Piaz 1901 toothed whale
Squalodon imperator n. sp. Cigala-Fulgosi and Pilleri 1985 toothed whale | |
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