Fornaci: Zanclean, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Metaxytherium forestii
(Capellini 1872)
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11 specimens | ||||||
synonym of Metaxytherium subapenninum | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Italy | State/province: | Tuscany | County: | Siena |
Coordinates: | 43.1° North, 11.6° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 42.9° North, 11.5° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Zanclean | ||
Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: 3.81–3.57; age after Sorbi et al. 2012 |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | San Quirico d'Orcia | ||
Database number: | 80539 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2008-04-22 13:06:41 | Last modified: | 2014-04-07 20:40:33 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-04-22 13:06:41 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
27080. | R. Fondi and P. Pacini. 1974. Njuovi resti di Sirenide dal Pliocene Antico della provincia di Siena. Palaeontographia Italica 67:37-53 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
41533 | S. Sorbi, D. P. Domning, S. C. Vaiani and G. Bianucci. 2012. Metaxytherium subapenninum (Bruno, 1839) (Mammalia, Dugongidae), the latest sirenian of the Mediterranean Basin. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(3):686-707 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |