Sant’Andrea Bagni (Pliocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (44.7° N, 10.1° E: paleocoordinates 44.6° N, 10.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Argille Azzurre Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; mudstone

• Zanclean marine mudstone (“Argille Azzurre” sensu lato)

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Collareta, F. C. Fulgosi, and G. Gianucci. 2019. A new kogiid sperm whale from northern Italy supports psychrospheric conditions in the early Pliocene Mediterranean Sea. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 64(3):609-626 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 206310: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.11.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Squaliformes - Centrophoridae
Centrophorus squamosus Bonnaterre 1788 gulper shark
Deania sp. Jordan and Snyder 1902 gulper shark
 Squaliformes - Squalidae
Scymnodon ringens dogfish shark
Zameus squamulosus dogfish shark
 Squaliformes - Somniosidae
 Hexanchiformes - Chlamydoselachidae
Chlamydoselachus sp. Garman 1884 elasmobranch
 Pristiophoriformes - Pristiophoridae
Pristiophorus sp. Bleeker 1859 saw shark
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Kogiidae
Pliokogia apenninica n. gen. n. sp.
Pliokogia apenninica n. gen. n. sp. Collareta et al. 2019 pygmy sperm whale