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