Melpignano-Cursi: Burdigalian - Messinian, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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Kotsakis et al. 2004 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Eurhinodelphinidae
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Eurhinodelphis sp.
Van Beneden and Gervais 1880
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aff. Xiphiacetus sp.
Lambert 2005
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Bianucci and Varola 2014 | ||||||
Xiphiacetus aff. bossi
(Kellogg 1925)
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Bianucci and Varola 2014 | ||||||
Eurhinodelphis cristatus
(Du Bus 1872)
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recombined as Xiphiacetus cristatus | |||||||
Schizodelphis sp.
Gervais 1861
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Physeteroidea indet.
Gray 1868
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Bianucci and Varola 2014 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Squalodontidae
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Squalodon sp.
Grateloup 1840
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Italy | State/province: | Apulia |
Coordinates: | 40.2° North, 18.3° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 39.6° North, 17.8° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Key time interval: | Burdigalian - Messinian | ||
Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Pietra Leccese | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: date after Mazzei et al. 2009 |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | glauconitic packstone |
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: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Cursi-Melpignano | ||
Database number: | 48657 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Uhen, P. Mannion |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-03-25 11:58:22 | Last modified: | 2014-12-08 11:29:36 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-25 11:58:22 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
12986. | G. Bianucci, W. Landini, and A. Varola. 1994. New remains of Cetacea Odontoceti from the "Pietra leccesse" (Apulia, Italy). Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 33(2):215-230 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
64492 | G. Bianucci and A. Varola. 2014. I cetacei fossili della Pietra leccese nei musei del Salento. Museologia Scientifica Memoire 13:114-119 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
46758 | T. Kotsakis, M. Delfino, and P. Piras. 2004. Italian Cenozoic crocodilians: taxa, timing and palaeobiogeographic implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 210:67-87 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
53785 | R. Mazzei, S. Margiotta, L. M. Foresi, F. Riforgiato, and G. Salvatorini. 2009. Biostratigraphy and chronostratigraphy of the Miocene Pietra Leccese in the type are of Lecce (Apulia, southern Italy). Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 48(2):129-145 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |