Palaia: Piacenzian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae
Eubalaena sp. Gray 1864
Sorbini et al. 2014 1 specimen
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceros megarhinus de Christol 1835
misspelling Dihoplus megarhinus
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy
Coordinates: 43.6° North, 10.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.5° North, 10.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Piacenzian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Piacenzian Other zone: MPL5a
Age range of interval:3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Villamagna
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Rio Ricavo
Database number:96734
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-06-29 11:52:05 Last modified:2017-12-07 09:08:10
Access level:the public Released:2010-06-29 11:52:05
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
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]

Secondary references:

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]
64537 C. Sorbini, G. Bianucci, and M. Baldassarri. 2014. La balena fossile di Montopoli in Val d’Arno (Pisa). Museologia Scientifica Memorie 13:90-92 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]