Colle di Torino (Miocene of Italy)

Also known as Hill of Turin

Where: Italy (45.1° N, 7.7° E: paleocoordinates 44.4° N, 7.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• Helvetian

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Pilleri. 1988. Eoplatanista taurinensis, a new platanistid (Cetacea) from the Miocene of Piedmont. Contributions to the Paleontology of Some Tethyan Cetacea and Sirenia (Mammalia) 7-18 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 65246: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.09.2006, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Eoplatanistidae
Eoplatanista taurinensis n. sp. Pilleri 1988 toothed whale
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Loxacypraea genei n. sp.1 Michelotti 1847 cowry
Loxacypraea colligens n. sp.2 Sacco 1894 cowry
Vulgusella orbignyana colligens