Lanterna, Quieto tracksite: Late/Upper Albian, Croatia
collected by A. Tarlao 1977

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Foraminifera indet. (Eichwald 1830)
Dalla Vecchia 2000
Reptilia - Iguanodontidae
Iguanodontidae indet. Bonaparte 1850
Leonardi 2000
Reptilia
Coelurosauria indet. (Huene 1914)
Leonardi 2000
Reptilia - Avetheropoda
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
5 specimens
    = Carnosauria indet. Huene 1920
Leonardi 2000
see common names

Geography
Country:Croatia State/province:Istarska
Coordinates: 45.3° North, 13.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.1° North, 15.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:24 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Albian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 4
Key time interval:Late/Upper Albian
Age range of interval:106.20000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:desiccation cracks wackestone
Lithology description: "a wackestone-packstone with foraminifers"
Environment:peritidal
Geology comments: "subtidal to supratidal environments"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression,trace
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Preservation of anatomical detail:poor
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils
Collection methods:surface (in situ),peel or thin section,observed (not collected)
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:A. Tarlao Collection dates:1977
Collection method comments: original footprint collected by A. Tarlao; cast in Univ. Padua Mus. of Paleontology, made by Dalla Vecchia 1995
Taxonomic list comments:level has foraminifera
Metadata
Also known as:Mirna River mouth
Database number:61856
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-07-05 12:12:04 Last modified:2021-02-02 14:27:06
Access level:the public Released:2006-07-05 12:12:04
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
17866.ETE F. M. Dalla Vecchia. 1995. Jurassic and Cretaceous sauropod evidence in the Mesozoic carbonate platforms of the southern Alps and Dinarids. In M. G. Lockley, V. F. dos Santos, C. A. Meyer, & A. P. Hunt (eds.), Aspects of Sauropod Paleobiology. GAIA 10:65-73 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

29140ETE F. M. Dalla Vecchia. 1997. Mesozoic Amphibia and Reptilia stored at the Museum of Paleontology of the University of Padua. Natura Nascosta 15:34-43 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
54299 F. M. Dalla Vecchia. 1997. Terrestrial tetrapod evidence on the Norian (Late Triassic) and Cretaceous carbonate platforms of northern Adriatic region (Italy, Slovenia and Croatia). Sargetia, Acta Musei Devensis, Series Scientia Naturae 17:177-201 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
52730 F. M. Dalla Vecchia. 2000. Theropod footprints in the Cretaceous Adriatic-Dinaric carbonate platform. Gaia 15:355-367 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
19851ETE G. Leonardi. 2000. I dinosauri d'Italia e delle aree adiacenti [The dinosaurs of Italy and adjacent areas]. In G. Leonardi & P. Mietto (ed.), Dinosauri in Italia. Le Orme Giurassiche dei Lavini di Marco (Trentino) e Gli Altri Resti Fossili Italiani 275-295 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
19579ETE A. Tarlao. 1996. La ricerca di impronte di dinosauro in Istria [Research on dinosaur footprints in Istria]. Natura Nascosta 13:19-23 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]