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Monte Bamboli Lignite Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy

Lat/Long (Decimal)43.0333,10.8667
Co-ordinates Derivationbased on nearby landmark
Given LocationToscany, Italy
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Monte Bamboli Lignite MineThomas H. (1984)V2 faunal complexlignite8.7 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Maremmia sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Maremmia8.7 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Tyrrhenotragus gracillimus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Tyrrhenotragus : Tyrrhenotragus gracillimus8.7 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Oreopithecus bambolii
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Parapithecidae : Oreopithecus : Oreopithecus bambolii8.7 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Crocodylus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Crocodylidae : Crocodylus8.7 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene

References

Gervais P. , Zoologie et Paléontologie Générales. Nouvelles Recherches sur les Animaux Vertébrés Dont On Trouve les Ossements Enfouis dans le Sol et sur Leur Comparaison aves les Espèces Actuellement Existantes. Deuxième Série [General Zoology and Paleontology. New Research on Vertebrate Animals Whose Bones Are Found in the Soil and Their Comparison with Existing Species. Second Series], 72
Thomas H. (1984) Les origines africaines des Bovidae (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) miocenes des lignites de Grosseto (Toscane, Italie)., Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Section C 6 1, 81-101
Delfino M., Rook L. (2008) African Crocodylians in the Late Neogene of Europe: A Revision of Crocodylus bambolii Ristori, 1890, Journal of Paleontology 82 2, 336-343
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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