Laiatico, Lower Valdarno, Northern Tuscany: MN 16, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus (Archidiskodon) gromovi
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synonym of Mammuthus | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Italy | State/province: | Tuscany |
Coordinates: | 43.5° North, 10.7° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 43.4° North, 10.7° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | MN 16 | ||
Age range of interval: | 3.20000 - 2.58800 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Regional section: | Lower Valdarno | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: MN 16b, Montopoli faunal unit, Middle-Late Pliocene, Middle Villanyian. |
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Collection method comments: First published by Ramaccioni (1936). |
Metadata
Database number: | 49410 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
Created: | 2005-04-15 06:56:31 | Last modified: | 2005-04-15 09:56:31 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-04-15 06:56:30 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
13151. | PACED | T. Kotsakis. 1986. Elementi di paleobiogeographia dei mammiferi Terziari dell Italia. Hystrix 1:25-68 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |