Iano (Miocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (44.6° N, 10.7° E: paleocoordinates 44.4° N, 10.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; marl

• molasse marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate, replaced with phosphate

Primary reference: G. Pilleri. 1986. The Oligo-Miocene Cetacea of the Italian waters with a bibliography of the fossil Cetacea of Italy (1670-1986) 1-41 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49398: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.04.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea -
? Neosqualodon gastaldii Brandt 1873 toothed whale
[entered as Neosqualodon gastaldi]