Saline di Volterra (Pliocene of Italy)

Where: Tuscany, Italy (43.4° N, 10.9° E: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 10.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: MLP1 other zone, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; blue claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: G. Bianucci and W. Landini. 2005. I paleositi a vertebrati fossili della Provinia di Pisa. Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali - Memorie serie A 110:1-21 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 96777: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.06.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Physeteridae
Physeteridae indet. Gray 1821 sperm whale
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Pliophoca cf. etrusca Tavani 1941 seal
PEr1-1
Chondrichthyes
 Odontaspidida - Isuridae
Oxyrhina agassizi mackerel shark