Also known as Rio Carbonaro

Where: Italy (44.8° N, 9.8° E: paleocoordinates 44.7° N, 10.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• 3.55 to 3.1 Ma, early Pliocene; first sandy level at a height of 18 m above the base of the section

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: M. Bisconti. 2007. A new basal balaenopterid whale from the Pliocene of northern Italy. Palaeontology 50(5):1103-1122 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 74929: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.09.2007, edited by Pete Wagner

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