Casa Rossa (Pliocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (43.5° N, 10.6° E: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 10.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; blue claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: G. Pilleri. 1987. The Cetacea of the Italian Pliocene 1-160 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 96768: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.06.2010

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Balaenidae
Balaenotus sp. Van Beneden 1872 right whale