Bacu Abis (Eocene to of Italy)

Where: Sardinia, Italy (39.2° N, 8.4° E: paleocoordinates 39.0° N, 0.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Lignitifero Formation, Ypresian to Ypresian (56.0 - 41.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; sandstone

• Kotsakis (1985) reported turtle remains on a sandy level interbedded in a lignite sequence outcropping in the Bacu Abis ancient mine.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: Repository unknown

Primary reference: D. Zoboli, G. L. Georgalis, M. Arca, C. Tuveri, S. Carboni, L. Lecca, G. L. Pillola, L. Rook, M. Villani, F. Chesi, and M. Delfino. 2022. An overview of the fossil turtles from Sardinia (Italy). Historical Biology 1-30 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 226827: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 01.08.2022

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet.
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
fragments of a carapace
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
Amphiperatherium sp.
Amphiperatherium sp. Filhol 1879 marsupial