Nicastro: Pliocene, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Ziphiidae
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Dioplodon gibbus
(Owen 1870)
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Capellini 1885 | 1 specimen | |||||
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= Mesoplodon sp.
Gervais 1850
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Sarti and Larnzetti 2014 | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Italy |
| Coordinates: | 39.0° North, 16.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.9° North, 16.2° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Argille di Serrastretta |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 115131 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Aberhan, M. Uhen | Enterer: | D. Wellmanns, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-08-29 20:14:58 | Last modified: | 2017-08-04 15:08:49 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-08-29 20:14:58 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 62989. | C. Sarti and A. Larnzetti. 2014. I cetacei fossili del Museo Geologico Giovanni Capellini dell’Università di Bologna. Museologia Scientifica Memorie 13:70-78 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 14622 | G. Capellini. 1885. Resti fossili di Dioplodon e Mesoplodon. Memorie della R. Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna 6:289-306 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |