PBDB Collection

Orciano Pisano: Piacenzian, Italy

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae

	Falco pisanus n. sp. Portis 1887	Portis 1887
	recombined as Columba pisana
Reptilia - Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae

	Fulica pisana n. sp. Portis 1887	Portis 1887
	synonym of Podiceps auritus
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae

	Fuligula arctina n. sp. Portis 1887	Portis 1887
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Alcidae

	Uria ausonia n. sp. Portis 1887	Portis 1887
	recombined as Alca ausonia
Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

	Cheloniidae indet. Bonaparte 1832	Chesi and Delfino 2006
Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

	Metaxytherium cf. subappeninum	Dominici et al. 2018
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

	Pristiphoca ? occitana (Gervais and de Serres 1847)	Lawley 1876
	nomen nudum belonging to Monachinae
Mammalia - Cetacea

	Squalodon sp. Grateloup 1840	Pilleri 1987
	= Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867	Uhen 2500

	Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867	Pilleri 1987
Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

	Ziphiidae indet. Gray 1850	Higgs et al. 2012
	WFi4-11

	? Mesoplodon sp. Gervais 1850	Capellini 1885

	Dioplodon meneghini n. sp.	Lawley 1876	1 specimen
	synonym of Mesoplodon

	Dioplodon medilineatus (Owen 1870)	Capellini 1885	1 specimen
	nomen dubium belonging to Mesoplodon
Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

	Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821	Pilleri 1987

	Hemisyntrachelus sp. (Brandt 1873)	Dominici et al. 2018	1 specimen
	DFi4-4

	Delphinus cortesii Fischer 1829	Lawley 1876	2 specimens
	[entered as Tursiops cortesi by ref 13332]
	= Hemisyntrachelus pisanus n. sp. Bianucci 1996	Bianucci 1996
	synonym of Hemisyntrachelus cortesii

	Tursiops sp. Gervais 1855	Ugolini 1902

	Delphinus brocchii (Balsamo Crivelli 1842)	Lawley 1876
	recombined as Tursiops brochii

	Delphinus giulii n. sp. Lawley 1876	Lawley 1876
	= Steno giulii Lawley 1876	Pilleri 1987
	= Stenella giulii Lawley 1876	Bianucci 1996
	recombined as Etruridelphis giulii

	Steno bellardii Portis 1886	Pilleri 1987
	synonym of Etruridelphis giulii

	Steno sp. Gray 1846	Ugolini 1902
Mammalia - Cetacea - Kogiidae

	Dioplodon sp. Gervais 1850	Ugolini 1902
	= Kogia sp. Gray 1846	Bianucci and Sorbini 2014
	also ref 15089

	Kogia cf. breviceps (Blainville 1838)	Pilleri 1986

	Kogia cf. simus (Owen 1866)	Pilleri 1986
	recombined as Kogia sima
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae

	? Balaenidae indet. (Gray 1821)	Pilleri 1987
	original and current combination Balanadae

	Balaenula sp. Van Beneden 1872	Dominici et al. 2018	2 specimens
	WFi4-5, WFi4-9

	Balaenula balaenopsis (Van Beneden 1872)	Bianucci 1996

	Balaena sp. Linnaeus 1758	Pilleri 1987

	Balaenula montalionis (Capellini 1904)	Pilleri 1987
	original and current combination Balaena montalionis

	Balaenotus sp. Van Beneden 1872	Pilleri 1987

	Balaenotus insignis Van Beneden 1872	Pilleri 1987

	Balaenotus cf. insignis Van Beneden 1872	Pilleri 1987

	Balaenotus orcianensis n. sp. Pilleri 1987	Pilleri 1987
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

	? Balaenoptera sp. Lacépède 1804	Pilleri 1987

	Cetotheriophanes cf. capellinii (Brandt 1873)	Dominici et al. 2018	1 specimen
	WFi4-8
Mammalia - Cetacea - Tranatocetidae

	Mesocetus sp. Van Beneden 1880	Pilleri 1987
Actinopteri - Lophiiformes - Lophiidae

	Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus 1758	Schultz 2006
Polychaeta - Siboglinidae

	Osedax sp. Rouse et al. 2004	Higgs et al. 2012
see common names

Geography

Country:	Italy
Coordinates:	43.5° North, 10.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	43.4° North, 10.4° East
Basis of coordinate:	estimated from map
Geographic resolution:	local area

Time

Period:	Neogene	Epoch:	Pliocene
Stage:	Piacenzian	10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:	Piacenzian	Other zone:	MPL4b/MPL5a
Age range of interval:	3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	blue mudstone
Includes fossils?	Y
Lithology description: shelf mudstone
Environment:	open shallow subtidal
Geology comments: whale fall

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:	47428
Authorizer:	M. Uhen	Enterer:	M. Uhen
Modifier:	M. Uhen	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	2005-02-24 12:04:45	Last modified:	2024-03-29 12:00:30
Access level:	the public	Released:	2005-02-24 12:04:45
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

12747.

G. Pilleri. 1986. The taxonomic status of Schizodelphis elongatus = Miokogia elongatus (Probst, 1886) (Cetacea, Physeteridae). Investigations on Cetacea 18:155-162 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

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12278		G. Bianucci. 1996. The Odontoceti (Mammalia, Cetacea) from Italian Pliocene systematics and phylogenesis of Delphinidae. Palaeontologrphia Italia 83:73-167 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
15089		G. Bianucci. 1996. I cetaci fossili del Museo di Storia Naturale dell'Universita di Pisa. Atta della Societa Toscana di Scienze Naturali Memoire Serie A 103:63-68 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
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]
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