Gorgognano: Piacenzian, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenopteridae
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Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Lacépède 1804
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Geography
| Country: | Italy |
| Coordinates: | 44.3° North, 11.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.3° North, 11.3° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Piacenzian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: whale fall | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 153711 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-01-09 16:03:26 | Last modified: | 2019-10-24 16:34:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-01-09 16:03:26 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 49778. | S. Danise and S. Dominici. 2014. A record of fossil shallow-water whale falls from Italy. Lethaia [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |