Grotto Pietro Tamponi (Neogene of Italy)

Where: Italy (40.9° N, 9.7° E: paleocoordinates 41.7° N, 5.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Neogene (23.0 - 2.6 Ma)

• Age of these deposits is very unclear.

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. W. Shufeldt. 1896. Fossil Bones of Birds and Mammals from Grotto Pietro Tamponi and Grive-St. Alban. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 48:507-516 [M. Uhen/K. Ziegler/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 192938: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.04.2018

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Puffinus eyermani n. sp. Shufeldt 1896 shearwater