San Casciano dei Bagni: Pliocene, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Ziphiidae
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Dioplodon senensis n. sp.
Capellini 1885
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1 specimen | ||||||
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= Mesoplodon sp.
Gervais 1850
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Sarti and Larnzetti 2014 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenidae
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Balaenula praediolensis n. sp.
Cuscani Politi 1961
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Cuscani Politi 1961 | 1 specimen | |||||
| invalid subgroup of Balaenula | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Italy | State/province: | Tuscany | County: | Siena |
| Coordinates: | 42.9° North, 11.9° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.2° North, 11.1° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58000 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: | Palazzone | ||
| Database number: | 76976 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-12-11 14:49:35 | Last modified: | 2018-01-20 14:44:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-12-11 14:49:35 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14622. | G. Capellini. 1885. Resti fossili di Dioplodon e Mesoplodon. Memorie della R. Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna 6:289-306 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 15050 | M. Bisconti. 2003. Evolutionary history of Balaenidae. Craniium 20(1):9-50 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 29298 | P. Cuscani Politi. 1961. Ancora una nuova specie di Balaenula pliocenica con considerazioni introducttive su alcuni misticeti dei nostri musei. Accademia dei fisiocritici in Siena. Sezione agraria 8:3-31 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 64034 | S. Dominici, S. Danise, and M. Benvenuti. 2018. Pliocene stratigraphic paleobiology in Tuscany and the fossil record of marine megafauna. Earth-Science Reviews 176:277-310 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 64531 | G. Manganelli and A. Benocci. 2014. I cetacei fossili del Museo di Storia Naturale dell’Accademia dei Fisiocritici di Siena. Museologia Scientifica Memorie 13:103-110 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 62989 | C. Sarti and A. Larnzetti. 2014. I cetacei fossili del Museo Geologico Giovanni Capellini dell’Università di Bologna. Museologia Scientifica Memorie 13:70-78 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |