Romanelli: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Alcidae
Pinguinus impennis (Linnaeus 1758)
Mourer-Chauvire and Antunes 1991
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy
Coordinates: 40.1° North, 18.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.1° North, 18.5° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:122310
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-12-21 08:26:41 Last modified:2011-12-27 15:52:05
Access level:the public Released:2011-12-21 08:26:41
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

39013. P. F. Cassoli and A. G. Segre. 1985. L'alca impenne Alca impennis del Pleistocene d'Italia. Atti Convegno Italiano di Ornitologia 3:251-254 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

38931 C. Mourer-Chauvire and M. T. Antunes. 1991. Presence du grand pingouin, Pinguinus impennis (Aves, Charadriiformes) dans le Pleistocene du Portugal. Geobios 24(2):201-205 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]