Pachino: Tortonian, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Ziphiidae
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Ziphiidae indet.
Gray 1850
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Italy |
| Coordinates: | 36.7° North, 15.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.4° North, 14.7° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tortonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| 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: | 130122 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson, M. Uhen | Enterer: | R. Benson, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-07-04 20:35:52 | Last modified: | 2024-03-29 12:07:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-07-04 20:35:52 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 63035. | G. Insacco. 2014. I Cetacei fossili del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Comiso (Ragusa). Museologia Scientifica Memoire 13:130-134 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 87930 | K. Agiadi, N. Hohmann, E. Gliozzi, D. Thivaiou, F. R. Bosellini, M. Taviani, G. Bianucci, A. Collareta, L. Londeix, C. Faranda, F. Bulian, E. Koskeridou, F. Lozar, A. M. Mancini, S. Dominici, P. Moissette, I. B. Campos, E. Borghi, G. Iliopoulos, A. Antonarakou, and G. Kontakiotis. 2024. A revised marine fossil record of the Mediterranean before and after the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Earth System Science Data [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |