Roccamorice (Miocene to of Italy)

Where: Italy (42.2° N, 14.0° E: paleocoordinates 42.0° N, 13.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Tortonian to Tortonian (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine

Primary reference: I. Koretsky. 2001. Morphology and systematics of Miocene Phocinae (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Paratethys and the North Atlantic region. Geologica Hungarica Series Palaeontologica 54:1-109 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 60278: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.05.2006

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Cryptophoca maeotica Nordmann 1860 seal