Where: Italy (45.0° N, 8.1° E: paleocoordinates 44.9° N, 8.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Sabbie d'Asti Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• The molluscan assemblage occurring within the Sabbie d‟Asti Formation falls within Mediterranean Pliocene Molluscan Unit 1 (5.3–3.0 Ma) [61-64], whereas its foraminiferal assemblage correlates with biozone MPl4a (4.0–3.6 Ma) [65, 77]. Taken together, these estimates indicate an age range of 4.0–3.0 Ma. (Marx & Fordyce, 2015)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deltaic; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. A. Deméré, A. Berta, and M. R. McGowen. 2005. The taxonomic and evolutionary history of modern balaenopteroid mysticetes. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 12(1/2):99-143 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 57731: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.12.2005

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