Sant’Andrea Bagni (Pliocene of Italy)
Where: Italy (44.7° N, 10.1° E: paleocoordinates 44.6° N, 10.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Argille Azzurre Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; mudstone
• Zanclean marine mudstone (“Argille Azzurre” sensu lato)
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. Collareta, F. C. Fulgosi, and G. Gianucci. 2019. A new kogiid sperm whale from northern Italy supports psychrospheric conditions in the early Pliocene Mediterranean Sea. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 64(3):609-626 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 206310: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.11.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes | |
Scymnodon ringens dogfish shark
Zameus squamulosus dogfish shark | |
Scymnodalatias aff. garricki sleeper shark | |
Deania sp. Jordan and Snyder 1902 gulper shark
Centrophorus squamosus Bonnaterre 1788 gulper shark | |
Pristiophorus sp. Bleeker 1859 saw shark | |
Chlamydoselachus sp. Garman 1884 elasmobranch | |
Mammalia | |
Pliokogia apenninica n. gen. n. sp.
Pliokogia apenninica n. gen. n. sp. Collareta et al. 2019 pygmy sperm whale |