Where: Italy (40.1° N, 18.1° E: paleocoordinates 39.6° N, 17.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• late Burdigalian to early Messinian, about 6-18 Ma

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; wackestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: G. Capellini. 1877. Balenottere fossili e Pachyacanthus dell'Italia Meridionale. Atti della R. Accademia dei Lincei, Memorie della Base di Scienze fisiche, mathematiche e naturali. 3:611-630 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 53927: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.09.2005

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