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Sabbie d'Asti, Asti Province, Piedmont, Italy

Formation	Sabbie d'Asti
Age:	5.33 - 2.59 Ma Cenozoic
Interval	Zanclean - Piacenzian
Lithology	sandstone
Number of Collections	6
Number of Occurrences	10

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Portacomaro	Asti Province, Piedmont, Italy	Sabbie d'Asti
Bagnasco	Asti Province, Piedmont, Italy	Sabbie d'Asti
Montafia	Asti Province, Piedmont, Italy	Sabbie d'Asti
Cortandone	Asti Province, Piedmont, Italy	Sabbie d'Asti
Valmontasca	Asti Province, Piedmont, Italy	Sabbie d'Asti
Settime	Asti Province, Piedmont, Italy	Sabbie d'Asti

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Mysticeti suborder	4.3	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Burtinopsis : Mysticeti	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Balaenula astensis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Balaenidae : Balaenula : *Balaenula astensis*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Balaenoptera (Plesiocetus) cortesii species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Balaenopteridae : Plesiocetus : *Balaenoptera (Plesiocetus) cortesii*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Astadelphis gastaldii species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Delphinidae : Astadelphis : *Astadelphis gastaldii*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Hemisyntrachelus cortesii species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Delphinidae : Hemisyntrachelus : *Hemisyntrachelus cortesii*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Septidelphis morii species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Delphinidae : Septidelphis : *Septidelphis morii*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Cetotherium gastaldii species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Eschrichtiidae : Eschrichtioides : *Cetotherium gastaldii*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Physeter macrocephalus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Physeteridae : Physeter : *Physeter macrocephalus*	5.333 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic

References

Sacco F. Sopra un cranio di Tursiops cortesii (Desm.) var astensis Sacc. dell'Astigiana, R. Accademia delle scienze di Torino 26, 703-712

Portis A. Catalogo descrittivo dei Talassoterii rinevnuti nei Terreni Terziarii del Piemonte e Della Ligura, Memorie della Reale Accademia Scienze di Torino 37 2, 247-365

Gastaldi B. , Uno scheletro di Balena a Montafia (Asti), 1-36

Strobel P. Notizie preliminari su le Balenoptere fossili subappennine del Museo parmense, Bollettino del R. Comitato Geologico d'Italia 5 6, 131-140

Trevisan L. (1942) Una nuova specie de Balaenula pliocenica, Palaeontogrphia Italica 40, 1-13

Bisconti M. (2008) Morphology and phylogenetic relationships of a new eschrichtiid genus (Cetacea: Mysticeti) from the early Pliocene of northern Italy, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 153, 161-186

Bianucci G., Sorce B., et al (2010) Killing in the Pliocene: Shark attack on a dolphin from Italy, Palaeontology 53 2, 457-470 doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00945.x

Bianucci G. (2013) Septidelphis morii, n. gen. et sp., from the Pliocene of Italy: new evidence of the explosive radiation of true dolphins (Odontoceti, Delphinidae), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 3, 722-749 doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.744757

Ormezzano D., Lanzetti A. (2014) I cetacei fossili del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino, Museologia Scientifica Memorie 13, 18-24

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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