Cortandone: Zanclean, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Eschrichtiidae
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Cetotherium gastaldii n. sp.
Strobel 1881
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Strobel 1875 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Delphinidae
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Tursiops cortesii astensis
Sacco 1891
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Sacco 1891 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Geography
| Country: | Italy |
| Coordinates: | 45.0° North, 8.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.9° North, 8.0° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Zanclean | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.333 - 3.6 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 4.0 to 3.0 Ma (other) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Sabbie d'Asti | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The molluscan assemblage occurring within the Sabbie d‟Asti Formation falls within Mediterranean Pliocene Molluscan Unit 1 (5.3–3.0 Ma) [61-64], whereas its foraminiferal assemblage correlates with biozone MPl4a (4.0–3.6 Ma) [65, 77]. Taken together, these estimates indicate an age range of 4.0–3.0 Ma. (Marx & Fordyce, 2015) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | deltaic indet. |
| Geology comments: deltaic or bathyal to shallow-marine/littoral over time | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 57731 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-12-20 07:29:22 | Last modified: | 2024-03-21 15:36:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-12-20 07:29:22 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 15521. | T. A. Deméré, A. Berta, and M. R. McGowen. 2005. The taxonomic and evolutionary history of modern balaenopteroid mysticetes. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 12(1/2):99-143 [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] | |
| 55050 | F. G. Marx and R. E. Fordyce. 2015. Baleen boom and bust: a synthesis of mysticete phylogeny, diversity and disparity. Royal Society Open Science 2:140434 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 64534 | D. Ormezzano and A. Lanzetti. 2014. I cetacei fossili del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino. Museologia Scientifica Memorie 13:18-24 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 19618 | F. Sacco. 1891. Sopra un cranio di Tursiops cortesii (Desm.) var astensis Sacc. dell'Astigiana. R. Accademia delle scienze di Torino 26:703-712 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 18949 | P. Strobel. 1875. Notizie preliminari su le Balenoptere fossili subappennine del Museo parmense. Bollettino del R. Comitato Geologico d'Italia 5(6):131-140 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |