The fossil cetaceans of the Palaeontological Civic Museum of the Municipality of Ricadi (Vibo Valentia). Fossil remains attributable to cetaceans (about 30 specimens, including bones and teeth) are stored in the collections of the “Civico Museo Paleontologico”, still under construction in the Municipality of Ricadi (Vibo Valentia). The Museum preserves fossils of invertebrates and of marine and terrestrial vertebrates recovered in the area of Monte Poro, mainly in the Cessaniti-Zungri Basin, and in the neighbouring of Vibo Valentia, referred to a timespan from late Miocene (Tortonian) to Pleistocene (Calabrian). The fossil cetaceans have been recovered in the Tortonian sandstones of the Cessaniti-Zungri Basin, often in emergency conditions and with few taphonomic records. Fossil specimens have been exhibited in occasion of cultural events at Tropea and Parghelia (Vibo Valentia). The main part of the recorded fossil cetaceans is now under study.
I cetacei fossili del Civico Museo Paleontologico del Comune di Ricadi (Vibo Valentia)
MARRA, Antonella Cinzia
2014-01-01
Abstract
The fossil cetaceans of the Palaeontological Civic Museum of the Municipality of Ricadi (Vibo Valentia). Fossil remains attributable to cetaceans (about 30 specimens, including bones and teeth) are stored in the collections of the “Civico Museo Paleontologico”, still under construction in the Municipality of Ricadi (Vibo Valentia). The Museum preserves fossils of invertebrates and of marine and terrestrial vertebrates recovered in the area of Monte Poro, mainly in the Cessaniti-Zungri Basin, and in the neighbouring of Vibo Valentia, referred to a timespan from late Miocene (Tortonian) to Pleistocene (Calabrian). The fossil cetaceans have been recovered in the Tortonian sandstones of the Cessaniti-Zungri Basin, often in emergency conditions and with few taphonomic records. Fossil specimens have been exhibited in occasion of cultural events at Tropea and Parghelia (Vibo Valentia). The main part of the recorded fossil cetaceans is now under study.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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