Baccinello V1 (Miocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (42.8° N, 11.4° E: paleocoordinates 42.0° N, 9.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Turolian (8.7 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; coal

Primary reference: J. Hurzeler and B. Engesser. 1976. Les faunes de mammiferes neogenes du Bassin de Baccinello (Grosseto, Italie). Comptes Rendus de la Academie des Sciences Paris, Serie D 283:333-336 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 92422: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.11.2009

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Primates - Hominidae
Oreopithecus bambolii Gervais 1871 ape
 Rodentia - Muridae
Muridae indet., "Valerymys aff. vireti" = Occitanomys
Muridae indet. Illiger 1811 mouse
"Valerymys aff. vireti" = Occitanomys mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
"? Kowalskia sp." = Neocricetodon
"? Kowalskia sp." = Neocricetodon Schaub 1934 mouse
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Gliridae indet. Muirhead 1819 dormouse
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Lutrinae indet. Baird 1857 otter
Tyrrhenolutra helbingi n. gen. n. sp. Hurzeler 1987 otter
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Maremmia haupti Major 1873 antelope
Tyrrhenotragus aff. gracillimus Weithofer 1888 antelope
Etruria viallii n. gen. n. sp. Hurzeler and Engesser 1976 antelope