Where: Italy (43.4° N, 10.9° E: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 10.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Early/Lower Miocene to Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• Likely Miocene: Martini, I.P., Pascucci, V., and Sandrelli, F., 1995. Late Miocene paleogeography of the Monte Soldano area, southeastern part of Volterra Basin, Tuscany, Italy. Giorn. Paleontologia e stratigrafia, 101: 381-388.

Environment/lithology: marine

Primary reference: G. Capellini. 1879. Balenottera fossile delle Colombaie presso Volterra. Reale Accademia dei Lincei Memorie della Classe di Scienze fisiche, matematiche e naturali 3:1-8 [M. Uhen/N. Pyenson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 59281: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Nick Pyenson on 23.03.2006, edited by Mark Uhen

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