Also known as Le Saline

Where: Italy (43.5° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 10.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Argille Azzurre Formation, Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• Argille Azzurre Formation, from a layer dated by Dominici et al. (2009) at 3.19–2.82 Ma (late Pliocene, Piacenzian) (Berta et al., 2015).

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•Agiadi et al suggest this is Zanclean in age.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; blue claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: G. Tavani. 1941. Revisione dei resti del pinnipede conservato nel museo di geologia di Pisa. Palaeontographica Italica 40:97-112 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 96765: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.06.2010

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