Chiusano d’Asti (Pliocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (45.0° N, 8.1° E: paleocoordinates 44.9° N, 8.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Argille Azzurre Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. Damarco. 2014. I cetacei fossili del Museo Paleontologico Territoriale dell’Astigiano e del Monferrato in Asti. Museologia Scientifica Memorie 13:25-28 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 191277: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.01.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenopteridae indet. Gray 1864 rorqual