Where: Italy (40.1° N, 18.1° E: paleocoordinates 39.6° N, 17.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Pietra Leccese Formation, Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 5.3 Ma)
• late Burdigalian to early Messinian, about 6-18 Ma
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; wackestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: G. Capellini. 1877. Balenottere fossili e Pachyacanthus dell'Italia Meridionale. Atti della R. Accademia dei Lincei, Memorie della Base di Scienze fisiche, mathematiche e naturali. 3:611-630 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 53927: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.09.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Pachyacanthus sp. Brandt 1871 toothed whale | |
"Priscodelphinus squalodontoides" = Rudicetus squalodontoides
"Priscodelphinus squalodontoides" = Rudicetus squalodontoides Capellini 1878 toothed whale | |
"Aulocetus sp." = Cetotheriopsis
"Aulocetus sp." = Cetotheriopsis Brandt 1871 whale |