First record of Monodontidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti) in the Mediterranean Basin from the Pliocene sands of Arcille (Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy)

Fabio Pesci, Alberto Collareta, Chiara Tinelli & Giovanni Bianucci

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Pisa, via Santa Maria 53, 56126 Pisa (Italy); fabio.pesci@alice.it

A. Collareta: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6513-8882;
G. Bianucci: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7105-0863;

How to cite: Pesci et al. (2018). First record of Monodontidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti) in the Mediterranean Basin from
the Pliocene sands of Arcille (Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy). Fossilia, Volume 2018: 37-39. https://doi.org/10.32774/FosRepPal.20.1810.123739

Bullet-Points Abstract

• We report the find of an Inticetus-like cheek tooth from the Miocene of southern Italy.
  
• We identify this specimen as belonging to cf. Inticetus sp.
  
• This finding brings evidence of faunal exchanges between the Mediterranean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
  
• This faunal exchange likely happened via the Central America Seaway.
  

Keywords: Monodontidae; Pliocene; Mediterranean Basin.

Fig. 1. Measured stratigraphic sections exposed at Arcille. Modified after Tinelli (2013).

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