Baccinello V2 (Miocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (42.8° N, 11.4° E: paleocoordinates 42.0° N, 9.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Turolian (8.7 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; coal

Primary reference: J. Hurzeler and B. Engesser. 1976. Les faunes de mammiferes neogenes du Bassin de Baccinello (Grosseto, Italie). Comptes Rendus de la Academie des Sciences Paris, Serie D 283:333-336 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 92423: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.11.2009

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Gliridae indet. Muirhead 1819 dormouse
 Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus sp. Kaup 1829 Eurasian field mouse
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
 Primates - Hominidae
? Oreopithecus sp. Gervais 1872 ape
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Maremmia lorenzi n. gen. n. sp. Hurzeler and Engesser 1976 antelope
? Palaeoryx indet. Gaudry 1861 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
Umbrotherium azzarolii n. gen. n. sp. Hurzeler and Engesser 1976 giraffe
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Paludolutra maremmana n. sp. Hurzeler 1987 otter
Paludolutra campanii Meneghini 1863 otter