Salcedo (Oligocene of Italy)

Where: Padova, Italy (45.8° N, 11.6° E: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 9.9° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. Chesi and M. Delfino. 2006. The Italian fossil record of the sea turtles. Atti del 6° Congresso Nazionale della Societas Herpetologica Italica (Roma, 27.IX-1.X.2006) 95-116 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 191633: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 05.02.2018, edited by Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
Chelone acuticostata n. sp. Bergounioux 1954 sea turtle
Holotype specimen in Museo di Paleontologia dell’Università di Padova, four pleural bone fragments
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Penaeidae
Penaeus sorbinii n. sp. Garassino and Beschin 1999 decapod