Also known as Ruffolo Val di Pugna
Where: Tuscany, Italy (43.3° N, 11.4° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 42.3° N, 12.1° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: MN 14 mammal zone, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• MN14, Ruscinian; 4.12–3.84; age after Sorbi et al. 2012
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified sandstone and claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: A. Canocchi. 1987. On a skull of a sirenian from the early Pliocene of Siena, Tuscany. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 92(4):497-514 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 55748: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.11.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Tubothalamea | |
Foraminifera | |
Ammonia sp. Bruennich 1772 | |
Cancris auriculus Fichtel and Moll 1798 | |
Cassidulina neocarinata Thalmann 1950 | |
Planorbulina mediterranensis d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Bolivina sp. d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Globothalamea | |
Rosalina globularis d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Nodosariata | |
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804 | |
Foraminifera | |
Sphaeroidina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Bulimina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Elphidium sp. Monfort 1808 | |
"Marginulina costata" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina costata" = Cristellaria (Marginulina) | |
Mammalia | |
"Metaxytherium gervaisi" = Metaxytherium subapenninum
"Metaxytherium gervaisi" = Metaxytherium subapenninum Bruno 1839 dugong |