Also known as Cursi-Melpignano
Where: Apulia, Italy (40.2° N, 18.3° E: paleocoordinates 39.6° N, 17.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pietra Leccese Formation, Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 5.3 Ma)
• date after Mazzei et al. 2009
Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic packstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: G. Bianucci, W. Landini, and A. Varola. 1994. New remains of Cetacea Odontoceti from the "Pietra leccesse" (Apulia, Italy). Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 33(2):215-230 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 48657: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 25.03.2005, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
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Mammalia | |
Schizodelphis sp., Eurhinodelphis sp., aff. Xiphiacetus sp.1, "Eurhinodelphis cristatus" = Xiphiacetus cristatus, Xiphiacetus aff. bossi1
Schizodelphis sp. Gervais 1861 toothed whale
Eurhinodelphis sp. Van Beneden and Gervais 1880 toothed whale
"Eurhinodelphis cristatus" = Xiphiacetus cristatus Du Bus 1872 toothed whale | |
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Squalodon sp. Grateloup 1840 toothed whale |