Piacenza (Pliocene of Italy)

Also known as Colle della Terrazza

Where: Italy (45.1° N, 9.7° E: paleocoordinates 45.0° N, 9.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine

Primary reference: G. Bianucci. 1996. The Odontoceti (Mammalia, Cetacea) from Italian Pliocene systematics and phylogenesis of Delphinidae. Palaeontologrphia Italia 83:73-167 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 52066: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.07.2005

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Hemisyntrachelus cortesii n. gen. n. sp. Fischer 1829 dolphin