Where: Italy (43.4° N, 10.9° E: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 10.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Early/Lower Miocene to Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)
• Likely Miocene: Martini, I.P., Pascucci, V., and Sandrelli, F., 1995. Late Miocene paleogeography of the Monte Soldano area, southeastern part of Volterra Basin, Tuscany, Italy. Giorn. Paleontologia e stratigrafia, 101: 381-388.
Environment/lithology: marine
Primary reference: G. Capellini. 1879. Balenottera fossile delle Colombaie presso Volterra. Reale Accademia dei Lincei Memorie della Classe di Scienze fisiche, matematiche e naturali 3:1-8 [M. Uhen/N. Pyenson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 59281: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Nick Pyenson on 23.03.2006, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Felsinotherium forestii" = Metaxytherium subapenninum
"Felsinotherium forestii" = Metaxytherium subapenninum Bruno 1839 dugong | |
Plesiocetus sp. Van Beneden 1859 whale |