Molina a Vento: Middle Miocene, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Delphinidae
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Delphinus taramelli n. sp.
de Zigno 1872
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de Zigno 1872 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Eurhinodelphis sassariensis
Capellini 1887
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1 specimen | ||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Odontoceti | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Italy | State/province: | Sardinia |
| Coordinates: | 40.7° North, 8.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.5° North, 4.4° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | coarse "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 49402 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-04-14 18:23:30 | Last modified: | 2019-09-19 21:09:42 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-04-14 18:23:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13196. | G. Pilleri. 1986. The Oligo-Miocene Cetacea of the Italian waters with a bibliography of the fossil Cetacea of Italy (1670-1986) 1-41 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 23631 | A. de Zigno. 1872. Sui mammiferi fossili del Vento. Rivista Periodica del Lavori Della R. Academia di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti in Padova 21:101-112 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |