Visiano: Serravallian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
? Delphinus sp. Linnaeus 1758
    = Odontoceti indet.
Uhen 2500
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Pilleri and Cigala Fulgosi 1989
Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Dugongidae indet. Gray 1821
Pilleri and Cigala Fulgosi 1989
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
? Monotherium sp. Van Beneden 1876
Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Ziphiidae indet. Gray 1850
Bianucci and Landini 2002
two genera
Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Squalodontidae indet. Brandt 1873
Bianucci and Landini 2002
Squalodon bellunensis (Dal Piaz 1901)
Squalodon imperator n. sp. Cigala-Fulgosi and Pilleri 1985
Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Tursiops cf. miocaenus Portis 1886
nomen dubium belonging to Delphinidae
cf. Delphinus uncidens (Lankester 1864)
recombined as Globicephala uncidens
Mammalia - Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
Kentriodontidae indet. Slijper 1936
Bianucci and Landini 2002
two genera
Mammalia - Cetacea - Iniidae
Iniidae indet. (Gray 1846)
Pilleri 1986
Mammalia - Cetacea
Scaldicetus grandis (Du Bus 1872)
Scaldicetus crispus n. sp. Cigala-Fulgosi and Pilleri 1985
nomen nudum belonging to Scaldicetus
Scaldicetus inflatus n. sp. Cigala-Fulgosi and Pilleri 1985
Mammalia - Cetacea - Physeteridae
Physeteridae indet. Gray 1821
Bianucci and Landini 2002
Mammalia - Cetacea - Kogiidae
Kogiinae indet. Gill 1871
Pilleri and Cigala Fulgosi 1989
Mammalia - Cetacea
Neosqualodon gastaldii (Brandt 1873)
subspecies gastaldii
Mammalia - Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae
Eurhinodelphinidae indet. (Abel 1901)
Schizodelphis sulcatus (Gervais 1853)
Pilleri 1986
Mammalia - Cetacea
cf. Schizodelphis elongatus Pilleri 1986
    = Miokogia n. gen. elongatus Pilleri 1986
Pilleri 1986
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy
Coordinates: 44.7° North, 10.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.3° North, 9.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Serravallian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Serravallian
Age range of interval:13.82000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Salsomaggiore
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Secondary lithology: siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:48656
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-03-25 11:20:33 Last modified:2020-06-05 15:39:31
Access level:the public Released:2005-03-25 11:20:33
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
12984. F. Cigala-Fulgosi and G. Pilleri. 1985. The lower Serravallian cetacean fauna of Visiano (Northern Apennines, Parma, Italy). Investigations on Cetacea 17:55-93 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

46366 G. Bianucci and W. Landini. 2002. Change in diversity, ecological significance and biogeographical relationships of the Mediterranean Miocene toothed whale fauna. Geobios Mémoire spécial 24:19-28 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
12747 G. Pilleri. 1986. The taxonomic status of Schizodelphis elongatus = Miokogia elongatus (Probst, 1886) (Cetacea, Physeteridae). Investigations on Cetacea 18:155-162 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
13196 G. Pilleri. 1986. The Oligo-Miocene Cetacea of the Italian waters with a bibliography of the fossil Cetacea of Italy (1670-1986) 1-41 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
13328 G. Pilleri and F. Cigala Fulgosi. 1989. Additional observations on the Lower Serravallian marine mammal fauna of Visiano and the Stirone River (Northern Appennines). Contributions to the Paleontology of Some Tethyan Cetacea and Sirenia (Mammalia) II 63-83 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]