Volterra: Piacenzian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Cheloniidae indet. Bonaparte 1832
Chesi and Delfino 2006
Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Metaxytherium sp. de Christol 1840
Bianucci and Landini 2005
Mammalia - Cetacea - Kogiidae
Hyperoodon pusillus n. sp. Pilleri 1987
Pilleri 1987
    = Kogia pusilla Pilleri 1987
Bianucci and Landini 1999
Mammalia - Cetacea - Physeteridae
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus 1758
Pilleri 1987
Physeter cf. macrocephalus Linnaeus 1758
Pilleri 1987
Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Dioplodon ? longirostris (Cuvier 1824)
Capellini 1891 1 specimen
    = Mesoplodon (Dioplodon) longirostris Cuvier 1824
Pilleri and Pilleri 1982
    = Mesoplodon sp. Gervais 1850
Bianucci 1997
Dioplodon danconae n. sp. Lawley 1876
Lawley 1876
nomen dubium belonging to Mesoplodon
originall listed as Dioplodon D'Anconae
Dioplodon lawley n. sp. Capellini 1885
Capellini 1885
nomen dubium belonging to Mesoplodon
Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Tursiops sp. Gervais 1855
Pilleri 1987
    = Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821
Bianucci et al. 1998
Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867
Pilleri 1987
    = Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821
Bianucci et al. 1998
Hemisyntrachelus sp. (Brandt 1873)
Dominici et al. 2018 1 specimen
DEi4-1
Tursiops cortesii (Fischer 1829)
Pilleri 1987
recombined as Hemisyntrachelus cortesii
Etruridelphis cf. giulii (Lawley 1876)
Dominici et al. 2018 1 specimen
DEi4-1
Globicephala etruriae n. sp. Pilleri 1987
Pilleri 1987
Mammalia - Cetacea
Mysticeti indet. Cope 1891
Bianucci and Landini 2005
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae
Balaena sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bianucci and Landini 2005
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Tuscany
Coordinates: 43.4° North, 10.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.3° North, 10.8° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Piacenzian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Piacenzian
Age range of interval:3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Globorotalia crassaformis crassaformis subzone of Iccarino & Salvatorini (1982), listed as "middle Pliocene" by Bianucci and Landini (1999), approximately between 3Ma and 2.6Ma
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,blue claystone
Secondary lithology:yellow sandstone
Lithology description: gray claystones
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Case Bianche/Volpaie Estate, Monte Voltraio hill, La Rocca
Database number:48652
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-03-25 10:31:38 Last modified:2018-01-20 12:13:33
Access level:the public Released:2005-03-25 10:31:38
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
12981. G. Pilleri and O. Pilleri. 1982. Catalogue of the fossil odontocetes (Cetaca) in the Bologna Giovanni Capellini Museum of Palaeontology with description of a new species of Hoplocetus (Physeteridae). Memorie di Scienceze Geologische, Memoire degli Istituti de Geologia e Minerologia dell'universita di Padova 35:293-317 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

11911 G. Bianucci. 1997. The Odontoceti (Mammalia, Cetacea) from Italian Pliocene. The Ziphiidae. Palaeontographica Italica 84:163-192 [M. Uhen/N. Pyenson/N. Pyenson]
15063 G. Bianucci and W. Landini. 1999. Kogia pusilla from the middle Pliocene of Tuscany (Taly) and a phylogenetic analysis of the family Kogiidae (Odontoceti, Cetacea). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 105(3):445-453 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
32997 G. Bianucci and W. Landini. 2005. I paleositi a vertebrati fossili della Provinia di Pisa. Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali - Memorie serie A 110:1-21 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
28550 G. Bianucci, G. Sarti, R. Catanzariti and U. Santini. 1998. Middle Pliocene cetaceans from Monte Voltraio (Tuscany, Italy). Biostratigraphical, paleoecological and paleoclimatic observations. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 104(1):123-130 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
14622 G. Capellini. 1885. Resti fossili di Dioplodon e Mesoplodon. Memorie della R. Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna 6:289-306 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
14641 G. Capellini. 1891. Zifioidi fossili e del Rostro di Diplodonte della farnesia presso Roma. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Instituo di Bologna 1:1-14 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
64633 F. Chesi and M. Delfino. 2006. The Italian fossil record of the sea turtles. Atti del 6° Congresso Nazionale della Societas Herpetologica Italica (Roma, 27.IX-1.X.2006) 95-116 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
64526 E. Cioppi. 2014. I cetacei fossili a Firenze, una storia lunga più di 250 anni. Museologia Scientifica Memorie 13:81-89 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
64034 S. Dominici, S. Danise, and M. Benvenuti. 2018. Pliocene stratigraphic paleobiology in Tuscany and the fossil record of marine megafauna. Earth-Science Reviews 176:277-310 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
26035 R. Lawley. 1876. Nuovi studi sopra i pesci ed altri vertebrati fossili delle colline Toscane 1-122 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
13332 G. Pilleri. 1987. The Cetacea of the Italian Pliocene 1-160 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]