ammonites
Case il Poggio (Pliocene of Italy)

Also known as Fangonero, Pozzaia, Pieve Santa Luce

Where: Siena, Italy (43.3° N, 11.4° E: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 11.2° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; bioturbated, fine-grained, yellow sandstone and blue claystone

• massive bioturbated fine-grained yellow sands

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: G. Bianucci. 1997. The Odontoceti (Mammalia, Cetacea) from Italian Pliocene. The Ziphiidae. Palaeontographica Italica 84:163-192 [M. Uhen/N. Pyenson/N. Pyenson] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45497: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Nick Pyenson on 26.10.2004, edited by Mark Uhen