Where: Apulia, Italy (40.4° N, 18.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.8° N, 17.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Pietra Leccese Formation, Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: G. Pilleri. 1986. The Miocene Cetacea of the Pietra leccese with special reference to the Cosimo de Giorgi Collection, Lecce. 1-27 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 47125: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 12.02.2005, edited by Nick Pyenson and Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Dugongidae indet. Gray 1821 dugong | |
Mysticeti indet. Cope 1891 whale | |
Squalodon sp.3, Squalodon antverpiensis3, "Squalodon scillae" = Squalodon melitensis1, "Phocodon scillae" = Squalodon melitensis3
"Squalodon scillae" = Squalodon melitensis1 Blainville 1840 toothed whale [entered as Squalodon scillai]
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Scaldicetus grandis, Scaldicetus degiorgii n. sp.5, "Scaldicetus mortezelensis" = Eudelphis mortezelensis2
Scaldicetus grandis Du Bus 1872 toothed whale
"Scaldicetus mortezelensis" = Eudelphis mortezelensis2 Du Bus 1872 toothed whale [entered as Scaldicetus mortselensis]
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"Eurhinodelphis cristatus" = Xiphiacetus cristatus2, Schizodelphis sp.2, Eurhinodelphis sp.2, "Schizodelphis longirostris" = Eurhinodelphis longirostris2, Ziphiodelphis abeli n. sp., "Argyrocetus salentinus" = Eurhinodelphis salentinus2
Ziphiodelphis abeli n. sp. Bassani and Misuri 1913 toothed whale | |
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Reptilia | |
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Euclastes melii n. sp.4
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Actinopteri | |