Senese Hills (Pliocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (43.3° N, 11.3° E: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 11.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: G. Pilleri. 1987. The Cetacea of the Italian Pliocene 1-160 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49688: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 23.04.2005

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea -
Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821 dolphin
Steno sp. Gray 1846 dolphin
"Tursiops cortesii" = Hemisyntrachelus cortesii Fischer 1829 dolphin