Also known as Cava di Campore
Where: Italy (44.8° N, 10.0° E: paleocoordinates 44.5° N, 10.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• upper part of the Globorotalia puncticolata Zone sensu Iaccarino & Salvatorini (1982); originally Piacenzian
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),
Primary reference: G. Bianucci. 1997. Hemisyntrachelus cortesii (Cetacea, Delphinidae) from the Pliocene sediments of Campore Quarry (Salsomaggiore Terme, Italy). Buollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 36(1-2):75-83 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 55759: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 04.11.2005, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
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Mammalia | |
Balaenoptera sp. Lacépède 1804 rorqual | |
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Lingulata | |
Discinisca sp.1 Gray 1840 | |
Craniata | |
Ancistrocrania abnormis1 Defrance and Hoeninghaus 1828 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Megerlia truncata1 Linnaeus 1767
Megerlia eusticta1 Philippi 1836 |