Polazzo site B (Cretaceous to of Italy)

Where: Gorizia, Italy (45.9° N, 13.6° E: paleocoordinates 30.4° N, 14.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Calcari di Monte San Michele Formation, Coniacian to Coniacian (89.8 - 83.6 Ma)

• Upper part of the ‘calcari di Aurisina’

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; gray, green limestone

• Restricted lagoon environment, with intertidal episodes
• platy, well-bedded, light grey-greenish limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. M. Dalla Vecchia and A. Cau. 2011. The first record of a notosuchian crocodyliform from Italy. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 117(2):309-321 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 116133: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 05.09.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Loricata -
Notosuchia indet.
Notosuchia indet. crocodilian
MPCM 11720 - tooth crown
Actinopteri
 Teleostei -
Anguilliformes indet.
Anguilliformes indet. Greenwood et al. 1966 eel
 Aulopiformes - Dercetidae
Rhynchodercetis sp.
Rhynchodercetis sp. Arambourg 1943
 Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Enchodus sp.
Enchodus sp. Agassiz 1835
 Teleostei -
Beryciformes indet.
Beryciformes indet. Patterson 1964
 Gonorhynchiformes - Chanidae
Chanidae indet.
 Teleostei -
Clupeiformes indet.
Clupeiformes indet. Bleeker 1859
 Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Polazzodus coronatus
Polazzodus coronatus Poyato-Ariza 2010