Libano (Miocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (46.1° N, 12.2° E: paleocoordinates 45.0° N, 11.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Libano Sandstone Formation, Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)

• age is from Bianucci and Landini (2002), Geobios Memoire special no. 24

Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic sandstone

• molasse di Bolzano e di Liban a Mammiferi

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: G. Dal Piaz. 1916. Gli Odontoceti del Miocene Bellunese, Parte Prima: Rassegna storica e studio stratigrafico. Memoirie dell'Instituto geologico della R. Università di Padova 5:1-25 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 47623: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.02.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Angiospermae
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus lardyana Heer 1855 pine
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp.2 Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
 Odontaspidida - Isuridae
Oxyrhina minuta2 Agassiz 1843 mackerel shark
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
"Notidanus primigenius" = Notorhynchus primigenius2
"Notidanus primigenius" = Notorhynchus primigenius2 Agassiz 1835 sevengill shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra2 Agassiz 1835 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo aduncus2 Agassiz 1835 tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
"Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus2
"Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus2 Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
"Oxyrhina desori" = Isurus oxyrinchus2, "Oxyrhina hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis2, "Odontaspis contortidens" = Lamna contortidens2
"Oxyrhina desori" = Isurus oxyrinchus2 Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
"Oxyrhina hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis2 Agassiz 1838 white shark
"Odontaspis contortidens" = Lamna contortidens2 Agassiz 1843 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon2
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon2 Agassiz 1835 megalodon
Given Aquitanian age, the sp has to be C. chubutensis (subauriculatus). See Pimiento et al. 2013 for details on the assignments of this chronospecies
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceros cf. aurelianensis one-horned rhinoceros
 Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Squalodon bellunensis10 Dal Piaz 1901 toothed whale
Squalodon peregrinus n. sp.8 Dal Piaz 1971 toothed whale
Squalodon bariensis1 Jourdan 1861 toothed whale
n. subspecies bellunensis
"Pachyodon catulli n. sp." = Squalodon catulli11 Molin 1859 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Eoplatanistidae
"Zignodelphis miocaenus n. gen. n. sp." = Eoplatanista miocaenus14, "Eoplatanista italica n. gen. n. sp." = Eoplatanista italica6, "Schizodelphis brachycephalus n. sp." = Eoplatanista italica12, "Cyrtodelphis gresalensis n. sp." = Eoplatanista gresalensis3, "Schizodelphis yablokovi n. sp." = Eoplatanista gresalensis13
"Zignodelphis miocaenus n. gen. n. sp." = Eoplatanista miocaenus14 Pilleri 1989 toothed whale
"Eoplatanista italica n. gen. n. sp." = Eoplatanista italica6 Dal Piaz 1916 toothed whale
"Schizodelphis brachycephalus n. sp." = Eoplatanista italica12 Dal Piaz 1916 toothed whale
"Cyrtodelphis gresalensis n. sp." = Eoplatanista gresalensis3 Dal Piaz 1916 toothed whale
"Schizodelphis yablokovi n. sp." = Eoplatanista gresalensis13 Dal Piaz 1916 toothed whale
[entered as Schizodelphis yablakovi]
 Cetacea - Physeteridae
"Scaldicetus bolzanensis" = Idiorophus bolzanensis5
"Scaldicetus bolzanensis" = Idiorophus bolzanensis5 Dal Piaz 1916 sperm whale
 Cetacea -
Scaldicetus bellunensis n. sp.12 Dal Piaz 1922 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae
"Eurhinodelphis sigmoideus n. sp." = Ziphiodelphis sigmoideus12, Ziphiodelphis abeli2, "Eurhinodelphis bellunensis n. sp." = Mycteriacetus bellunensis12, Schizodelphis sulcatus12
"Eurhinodelphis sigmoideus n. sp." = Ziphiodelphis sigmoideus12 Pilleri 1985 toothed whale
Ziphiodelphis abeli2 Bassani and Misuri 1913 toothed whale
"Eurhinodelphis bellunensis n. sp." = Mycteriacetus bellunensis12 Pilleri 1985 toothed whale
Schizodelphis sulcatus12 Gervais 1853 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Delphinus taramelli9 de Zigno 1872 common dolphin
 Cetacea -
Protodelphinus capellinii4 Dal Piaz 1916 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Squalodelphinidae
Squalodelphis fabianii n. gen. n. sp.7
Squalodelphis fabianii n. gen. n. sp.7 Dal Piaz 1917 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Dalpiazinidae
"Acrodelphis ombonii" = Dalpiazina ombonii2
"Acrodelphis ombonii" = Dalpiazina ombonii2 Longhi 1898 toothed whale
 Cetacea -
Delphinodon mento2 Cope 1867 toothed whale
Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp.2 Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
Actinopteri
 Spariformes - Sparidae
"Chrysophrys cf. cincta" = Otolithus (Chrysophris)2
"Chrysophrys cf. cincta" = Otolithus (Chrysophris)2
 Scombriformes - Scombridae
 Scombriformes -