Where: Italy (39.7° N, 16.0° E: paleocoordinates 39.4° N, 15.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: MN 12 mammal zone, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• uppermost Tortonian, MN 12, Heterostegina deposits (Papazzoni & Sirotti, 1999), according to Bianucci et al 2008

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Carone and D. P. Domning. 2007. Metaxytherium serresii (Mammalia: Sirenia): new pre-Pliocene record, and implicaitons for Mediterranean paleoecology before and after the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 46(1):55-92 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 80394: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.04.2008

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