Podere Montalto Quarry (Pleistocene of Italy)

Where: Tuscany, Italy (43.6° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 10.5° E)

When: Sabbie di nugola Vecchia Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Berta, S. Kienle, G. Bianucci and S. Sorbi. 2015. A reevaluation of Pliophoca etrusca (Pinnipedia, Phocidae) from the Pliocene of Italy: phylogenetic and biogeographic implications. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e889144 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 165747: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.01.2015

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Monachini indet. Trouessart 1904 seal
Pliophoca of Sorbi 2004a