Ruffolo (Pliocene of Italy)

Where: Tuscany, Italy (43.3° N, 11.4° E: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 11.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: MN 14 mammal zone, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• MN14, Ruscinian; 4.12–3.84; age after Sorbi et al. 2012

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified sandstone and claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: A. Canocchi. 1987. On a skull of a sirenian from the early Pliocene of Siena, Tuscany. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 92(4):497-514 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 55748: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.11.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Ammonia sp. Bruennich 1772
 Buliminacea - Uvigerinidae
 Rotaliina - Cassidulinidae
 Rotaliina - Bolivinidae
Bolivina sp. d'Orbigny 1839
 Planorbulinacea - Planorbulinidae
 Discorbacea - Bagginidae
Cancris auriculus Fichtel and Moll 1798
  -
"Marginulina costata" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina costata" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Foraminifera
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
 Buliminoidea - Buliminidae
Bulimina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
  - Chilostomellidae
Nodosariata
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
 Rotaliida - Asterigerinatidae
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Rosalina globularis d'Orbigny 1826
Mammalia
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
"Metaxytherium gervaisi" = Metaxytherium subapenninum
"Metaxytherium gervaisi" = Metaxytherium subapenninum Bruno 1839 dugong