Rio Predone (Pliocene of Italy)

Where: Emilia Romagna, Italy (44.5° N, 11.3° E: paleocoordinates 44.4° N, 11.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• no information given

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: C. Pelizzola. 1916. Sopra una nuova forma di dioplodonte. Reale Instituto Lamboardo di Scienze e Lettre Rendiconti 49(4):148-153 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 76972: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.12.2007

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Mesoplodon sp. Gervais 1850 beaked whale