Montezago, Luganano Val D' Arda: Zanclean, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède 1804
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy
Coordinates: 44.9° North, 9.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.6° North, 10.3° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Zanclean 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Zanclean
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine 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:153710
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2014-01-09 16:00:01 Last modified:2024-03-29 11:41:21
Access level:the public Released:2014-01-09 16:00:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

49778. S. Danise and S. Dominici. 2014. A record of fossil shallow-water whale falls from Italy. Lethaia [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

87930 K. Agiadi, N. Hohmann, E. Gliozzi, D. Thivaiou, F. R. Bosellini, M. Taviani, G. Bianucci, A. Collareta, L. Londeix, C. Faranda, F. Bulian, E. Koskeridou, F. Lozar, A. M. Mancini, S. Dominici, P. Moissette, I. B. Campos, E. Borghi, G. Iliopoulos, A. Antonarakou, and G. Kontakiotis. 2024. A revised marine fossil record of the Mediterranean before and after the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Earth System Science Data [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]