AA sirenian rib has been recovered at Motta San Giovanni (Reggio Calabria) in the “Floresta Calcare- nites”, a formation cropping out in Sicily and Calabria and dated late Burdigalian-Langhian. Although the rib is not a diagnostic bone for taxonomy, its presence in southern Calabria extends the knowledge about the pa- leobiogeography of the Family Dugongidae in the Mediterranean basin. The find is hitherto the only record of sirenians in the Floresta Calcarenites. Moreover, the specimen extends back to the Early-Middle Miocene (late Burdigalian-Langhian) the occurrence of sirenians in Calabria, previously determined based on substantial mate- rial from the Late Miocene (Tortonian) of the Monte Poro area (Vibo Valentia). The paleoenvironment of the Floresta Calcarenites was a warm and shallow sea, consistent with the paleoecology of Dugongidae.

First record of Dugongidae (Mammalia: Sirenia) from the Floresta Calcarenites Formation (late Burdigalian-early Langhian, Reggio Calabria, Southern Italy)

MARRA, Antonella Cinzia
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2016-01-01

Abstract

AA sirenian rib has been recovered at Motta San Giovanni (Reggio Calabria) in the “Floresta Calcare- nites”, a formation cropping out in Sicily and Calabria and dated late Burdigalian-Langhian. Although the rib is not a diagnostic bone for taxonomy, its presence in southern Calabria extends the knowledge about the pa- leobiogeography of the Family Dugongidae in the Mediterranean basin. The find is hitherto the only record of sirenians in the Floresta Calcarenites. Moreover, the specimen extends back to the Early-Middle Miocene (late Burdigalian-Langhian) the occurrence of sirenians in Calabria, previously determined based on substantial mate- rial from the Late Miocene (Tortonian) of the Monte Poro area (Vibo Valentia). The paleoenvironment of the Floresta Calcarenites was a warm and shallow sea, consistent with the paleoecology of Dugongidae.
2016
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