Good News for Palontologists

An Early Pliocene fossil whale has been found in Tuscany!

Dating back to the Zanclean Period, it has been found in the countryside near Orciano Pisano (Pisa). For further information (in Italian):

http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Scienze_e_Tecnologie/2007/04_Aprile/02/balena_pisano_fossile.shtml http://www.unifi.it/msn/Article115.html