Where: Sardinia, Italy (40.8° N, 8.6° E: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 4.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: N7 foram zone, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• "upper Burdigalian" and "N7 Zone of Blow, 1969"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified marl

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve

• samples were "washed residues" consisting of "approximately 200 g"

Primary reference: A. Bossio, B. Dall'Antonia, S. Da Prato, L. M. Foresi, and G. Oggiano. 2006. Preliminary stratigraphical investigations of the Miocene successions of the Porto Torres Basin (northern Sardinia, Italy). Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Memorie Seria A 111:67-74 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 93945: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 06.02.2010

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