Where: Italy (42.8° N, 11.3° E: paleocoordinates 42.3° N, 10.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• These deposits can be referred in their entirety to the ‘S2 Synthem’ recognized in the Neogene sedimentary succession of Tuscany by Dominici et al. (2018). The ‘S2 Synthem’ is a large- scale, stratigraphically complex, and lithologically diverse lower Pliocene (i.e., Zanclean)

Environment/lithology: deltaic; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Bianucci, F. Pesci, A. Collaretta and C. Tinelli. 2019. A new Monodontidae (Cetacea, Delphinoidea) from the lower Pliocene of Italy supports a warm- water origin for narwhals and white whales. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1645148 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 204946: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.09.2019

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