Belluno (Miocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (46.1° N, 12.2° E: paleocoordinates 45.0° N, 11.4° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Libano Formation, Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)

• age is BIanucci & Landini, 2002

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. de Zigno. 1875. Sirenii fossili trovati nel Veneto. Memorie del Reale Instituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti 18:427-456 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 59850: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.04.2006, edited by Felix Marx

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
"Halitherium bellunense n. sp." = Italosiren bellunensis
"Halitherium bellunense n. sp." = Italosiren bellunensis de Zigno 1875 dugong
 Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Squalodon bellunensis n. sp. Dal Piaz 1901 toothed whale