Pietra Leccese (Miocene to of Italy)

Where: Apulia, Italy (40.4° N, 18.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.8° N, 17.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pietra Leccese Formation, Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; limestone

• tropical/subtropical, depth likely changed over time

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: G. Pilleri. 1986. The Miocene Cetacea of the Pietra leccese with special reference to the Cosimo de Giorgi Collection, Lecce. 1-27 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 47125: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 12.02.2005, edited by Nick Pyenson and Evangelos Vlachos

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• This collection is for fossils from the "Pietra Leccese" not assigned to a particular quarry or specific other collection.
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unclassified
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Brachyrhyncus teretirostris3
Actinopteri
 Scombriformes -
Sphyraenodus bottii3
Reptilia
 Testudines - Pancheloniidae
Euclastes melii n. sp.4
Euclastes melii n. sp.4 Misuri 1910 turtle
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
Cheloniidae indet.4, "Testudo varicosa n. sp." = Trachyaspis lardyi4
Cheloniidae indet.4 Bonaparte 1832 sea turtle
"Testudo varicosa n. sp." = Trachyaspis lardyi4 Meyer 1873 sea turtle
 Testudines - Dermochelyidae
Psephophorus polygonus4
Psephophorus polygonus4 von Meyer 1847 leatherback
MAUL 990/1a-l, partial carapace
Mammalia
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Dugongidae indet.
Dugongidae indet. Gray 1821 dugong
 Cetacea -
Mysticeti indet.
Mysticeti indet. Cope 1891 whale
 Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae
Schizodelphis sp.2, Eurhinodelphis sp.2, "Schizodelphis longirostris" = Eurhinodelphis longirostris2, "Eurhinodelphis cristatus" = Xiphiacetus cristatus2, "Argyrocetus salentinus" = Eurhinodelphis salentinus2, Ziphiodelphis abeli n. sp.
Schizodelphis sp.2 Gervais 1861 toothed whale
Eurhinodelphis sp.2 Van Beneden and Gervais 1880 toothed whale
[entered as Eurinodelphis sp.]
"Schizodelphis longirostris" = Eurhinodelphis longirostris2 Du Bus 1867 toothed whale
"Eurhinodelphis cristatus" = Xiphiacetus cristatus2 Du Bus 1872 toothed whale
"Argyrocetus salentinus" = Eurhinodelphis salentinus2 Moncharmont Zei 1950 toothed whale
Ziphiodelphis abeli n. sp. Bassani and Misuri 1913 toothed whale
 Cetacea -
Champsodelphis sp.3
Champsodelphis sp.3 Gervais 1852 toothed whale
[entered as Campsodelphis sp.]
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Messapicetus longirostris2
Messapicetus longirostris2 Bianucci et al. 1992 beaked whale
 Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Squalodon sp.3, Squalodon antverpiensis3, "Squalodon scillae" = Squalodon melitensis1, "Phocodon scillae" = Squalodon melitensis3
Squalodon sp.3 Grateloup 1840 toothed whale
Squalodon antverpiensis3 Van Beneden 1861 toothed whale
"Squalodon scillae" = Squalodon melitensis1 Blainville 1840 toothed whale
[entered as Squalodon scillai]
"Phocodon scillae" = Squalodon melitensis3 Blainville 1840 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Squalodelphinidae
Notocetus sp.2
Notocetus sp.2 Moreno 1892 toothed whale
 Cetacea -
Argyrocetus sp.2
Argyrocetus sp.2 Lydekker 1894 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
Kentriodontidae indet.2, Lamprolithax sp.2
Kentriodontidae indet.2 Slijper 1936 toothed whale
Lamprolithax sp.2 Kellogg 1931 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Physeteridae
Orcopsis sp.3, Hoplocetinae indet.2, Physodon leccense n. gen. n. sp.1, Orycterocetus sp.2
Orcopsis sp.3 Van Beneden 1876 sperm whale
Hoplocetinae indet.2 Cabrera 1926 sperm whale
Physodon leccense n. gen. n. sp.1 Gervais 1872 sperm whale
Orycterocetus sp.2 Leidy 1853 sperm whale
 Cetacea -
Scaldicetus grandis, Scaldicetus degiorgii n. sp.5, "Scaldicetus mortezelensis" = Eudelphis mortezelensis2
Scaldicetus grandis Du Bus 1872 toothed whale
Scaldicetus degiorgii n. sp.5 Varola et al. 1988 toothed whale
"Scaldicetus mortezelensis" = Eudelphis mortezelensis2 Du Bus 1872 toothed whale
[entered as Scaldicetus mortselensis]
1Bassani and Misuri 1913; 2Bianucci et al. 2001; 3Capellini 1878; 4Chesi et al. 2007; 5Varola et al. 1988