Barbaresco (Miocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (44.7° N, 8.1° E: paleocoordinates 44.5° N, 7.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Portis. 1886. Catalogo descrittivo dei Talassoterii rinevnuti nei Terreni Terziarii del Piemonte e Della Ligura. Memorie della Reale Accademia Scienze di Torino 37(2):247-365 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 85023: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.11.2008

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae
Schizodelphis compressus n. sp. Portis 1925 toothed whale