Also known as Cava di Campore

Where: Italy (44.8° N, 10.0° E: paleocoordinates 44.5° N, 10.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• upper part of the Globorotalia puncticolata Zone sensu Iaccarino & Salvatorini (1982); originally Piacenzian

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),

Primary reference: G. Bianucci. 1997. Hemisyntrachelus cortesii (Cetacea, Delphinidae) from the Pliocene sediments of Campore Quarry (Salsomaggiore Terme, Italy). Buollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 36(1-2):75-83 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 55759: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 04.11.2005, edited by Matthew Clapham

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