Where: Italy (38.1° N, 15.7° E: paleocoordinates 37.9° N, 15.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

• pre-evaporitic Messinian

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Bianucci, G. Carone, D. P. Domning, W. Landini, L. Rook and S. Sorbi. 2008. Peri-Messinian dwarfing in Mediterranean Metaxytherium (Mammalia: Sirenia): Evidence of habitat degradation related to the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Garyounis Scientific Bulletin 5:145-157 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 234347: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.04.2024

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