Vertebrate remains from the lower Burdigalian (early Miocene) carbonates of Montagna della Maiella, central Italy, are described. These remains mostly consist of teeth belonging to 11 elasmobranch taxa (Carcharias acutissima, Carcharias cuspidata, Carcharodon subauriculatus, Isurus hastalis, Isurus oxyrinchus, Isurus sp., Parotodus benedeni, Hemipristis serra, Galeocerdo aduncus, Galeocerdo contortus, Negaprion cf. eurybathrodon), eight teleost taxa (Diplodus sp. and two indeterminate sparids, Labrodon sp., Trigonodon jugleri, Sphyraena sp., Chilomycterus sp., Diodon sp.), an indeterminate crocodile, and two odontocete cetaceans (Squalodon sp. and an indeterminate kentriodontid). Paleoenvironmental and paleogeographical implications are discusse
Early Miocene vertebrates from Montagna della Maiella, Italy
BIANUCCI, GIOVANNI;LANDINI, WALTER
2007-01-01
Abstract
Vertebrate remains from the lower Burdigalian (early Miocene) carbonates of Montagna della Maiella, central Italy, are described. These remains mostly consist of teeth belonging to 11 elasmobranch taxa (Carcharias acutissima, Carcharias cuspidata, Carcharodon subauriculatus, Isurus hastalis, Isurus oxyrinchus, Isurus sp., Parotodus benedeni, Hemipristis serra, Galeocerdo aduncus, Galeocerdo contortus, Negaprion cf. eurybathrodon), eight teleost taxa (Diplodus sp. and two indeterminate sparids, Labrodon sp., Trigonodon jugleri, Sphyraena sp., Chilomycterus sp., Diodon sp.), an indeterminate crocodile, and two odontocete cetaceans (Squalodon sp. and an indeterminate kentriodontid). Paleoenvironmental and paleogeographical implications are discusseI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
