Cava Gentile: Tortonian, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx pliocenicus
Fucini 1912
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Georgalis et al. 2020 | |||||||||
| costal fragment (MSNC 4590) and a complete right hypoplastron (MSNC 4589) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Cheloniidae
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Cheloniidae indet.
Bonaparte 1832
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Georgalis et al. 2020 | |||||||||
| two neurals (MSNC 4592 and MSNC 4593), fve costals (MSNC 4381, MSNC 4594, MSNC 4595, MSNC 4605, and MSNC 4607), a fragment of peripheral (MSNC 4604), a right hyoplastron (MSNC 4549–81), a left hypoplastron (MSNC 4602), a plastral fragment (MSNC 4606), and fve shell fragments (MSNC 4581, MSNC 4597, MSNC 4599, MSNC 4600, MSNC 4601) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Metaxytherium medium
(Desmarest 1822)
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Italy |
| Coordinates: | 38.7° North, 15.9° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.4° North, 15.6° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
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
| Also known as: | Vibo Valentia | ||
| Database number: | 65227 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | M. Uhen, E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-09-20 08:25:48 | Last modified: | 2024-03-20 15:07:24 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-09-20 08:25:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18804. | B. Mario, C. Luigi, and D. Piero. 2000. I sirenidi fossili della Provincia di Vibo Valentia. Bollettino del Gruppo Paleontologico Tropeano 7:4-10 [M. Uhen/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] | |
| 71702 | G. L. Georgalis, G. Insacco, L. Rook, F. Spadola, and M. Delfino. 2020. Turtle remains from the late Miocene of the Cessaniti area, southern Italy—insights for a probable Tortonian chelonian dispersal from Europe to Africa. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 139(1):1-13 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |