San Leone squalodont (Miocene of Italy)
Where: Italy (37.3° N, 13.6° E: paleocoordinates 36.4° N, 12.6° E)
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When: Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• May be referrable to Marnosa Arenacea Formation or Marnoso-arenacea Formation.
Environment/lithology: marine
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. Capellini. 1881. Avanzi di squalodonte nella mollassa marnosa Miocenica del Bolognese. Memoire dell' Accademia delle Scienze dell' Instituto di Bologna 4(2):413-419 [M. Uhen/N. Pyenson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 59280: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Nick Pyenson on 23.03.2006
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Mammalia | |
"Squalodon gastaldii" = Neosqualodon gastaldii
"Squalodon gastaldii" = Neosqualodon gastaldii Brandt 1873 toothed whale |