Chianni: Pliocene, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Sphoerodus cinctus
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas meridionalis Nesti 1825
recombined as Mammuthus meridionalis
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy
Coordinates: 43.4° North, 10.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.3° North, 10.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 2.58800 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:blue claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial 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
Database number:96772
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-06-30 07:39:29 Last modified:2010-06-30 10:39:29
Access level:the public Released:2010-06-30 07:39:29
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]