Poggio Tagliato (Pliocene of Italy)
Also known as Ponte a Elsa
Where: Pisa, Italy (43.7° N, 10.9° E: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 10.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: MPL5a other zone, Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• age after Danise & Dominici 2014
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; mudstone
• whale fall
• shelf mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: V. Borselli and F. Cozzini. 1992. Il recupero di un cetaceo fossile in localita Ponte a Elsa (Pisa). Museologia Scientifica 8:9-22 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 88328: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 07.04.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Balaena sp. Linnaeus 1758 bowhead whale | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Carcharodon carcharias Linnaeus 1758 great white shark | |
Odontaspis sp. Agassiz 1838 sand tiger shark | |
Echinoidea | |
Schizaster cf. major heart urchin | |
Bivalvia | |
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam | |
Pelecyora gigas venus clam
Callista italica venus clam | |
"Macoma cf. elliptica" = Laciolina magna
"Macoma cf. elliptica" = Laciolina magna Spengler 1798 tellin clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Haustator vermicularis Brocchi 1814 turret shell | |
Aporrhais pespelecani Linnaeus 1758 snail |