Baldichieri: Zanclean, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Tursiops cortesii (Fischer 1829)
Pilleri 1985
recombined as Hemisyntrachelus cortesii
Mammalia - Cetacea
Hoplocetus minor n. sp. Portis 1886
recombined as Scaldicetus minor
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy
Coordinates: 44.9° North, 8.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.8° North, 8.0° 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
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Astigiano
Database number:85022
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2008-11-21 12:49:49 Last modified:2009-02-05 14:53:11
Access level:the public Released:2008-11-21 12:49:49
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

13952. A. Portis. 1886. Catalogo descrittivo dei Talassoterii rinevnuti nei Terreni Terziarii del Piemonte e Della Ligura. Memorie della Reale Accademia Scienze di Torino 37(2):247-365 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

15407 G. Pilleri. 1985. Second record of Tursiops osennae (Cetacea: Delphinidae) in a Pliocene horizon of the Romagna Apennines, Central Italy, and the phylogeny of Tursiops. Investigations on Cetacea 17:11-30 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]