Lesina (K.K. Geologischen Reichsanstalt GBA collection) (Cretaceous of Croatia)

Also known as Between Starigrad and Vrboska, Hvar Island

Where: Croatia (43.2° N, 16.7° E: paleocoordinates 25.1° N, 15.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Starigrad Limestone Formation, Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• Platy limestone member. Upper Cenomanian according to Diedrich et al. (2011).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified lime mudstone

• platy limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: quarrying

• Repository: Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt (now Geologischen Bundesanstalt)

Primary reference: F. Bassani. 1879. Vorläufige Mitteilungen über die Fischfauna der Insel Lesina. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 1879:162-170 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123565: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 26.01.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Actinopterygii -
Aphanepygus elegans n. gen. n. sp.
Aphanepygus elegans n. gen. n. sp. Bassani 1879 ray-finned fish
Reptilia
 Squamata - Aigialosauridae
Aigialosaurus bucchichi2 Kornhuber 1901 squamates
four counterparts (GBA [Geologisches Bundesanstalt Osterrich, Wien, Austria] 1901 containing the cranial material and 1902-1904 being vertebral fragments). The GBA specimen preserves three sections of caudal vertebrae and the posterior half of the skull in dorsal view. The snout and a portion of the mandible have been lost (probably when the slab of platy limestone was originally split).
 Squamata - Dolichosauridae
cf. Dolichosauridae indet.3, "Hydrosaurus lesinensis n. sp." = Pontosaurus lesinensis3
cf. Dolichosauridae indet.3 squamates
Slab A (posterior portion of the skeleton, including the limbs)
"Hydrosaurus lesinensis n. sp." = Pontosaurus lesinensis3 Kornhuber 1873 squamates
GBA 1873/4/2 (slab B) - holotype (articulated cranial and postcranial remains of one individual. The entire skull and mandibles are represented. The postcranium is composed of 12 articulated cervical vertebrae, 28 dorsal vertebrae, and the shoulder girdles and forelimbs)
Actinopteri
 Aulopiformes - Halecidae
"Elopopsis haueri n. sp." = Halec haueri
"Elopopsis haueri n. sp." = Halec haueri Bassani 1879
 Aulopiformes - Aulopidae
"Clupea bottae" = Nematonotus bottae
"Clupea bottae" = Nematonotus bottae Pictet and Humbert 1866
 Beryciformes -
Beryx subovatus n. sp.1 Bassani 1882
 Teleostei -
"Clupea gaudryi" = Scombroclupea gaudryi Pictet and Humbert 1866
 Ellimmichthyiformes - Armigatidae
"Clupea brevissima" = Armigatus brevissimus
"Clupea brevissima" = Armigatus brevissimus de Blainville 1818
 Leptolepidiformes - Leptolepididae
Leptolepis neumayri Bassani 1879
Leptolepis neocomiensis n. sp. Bassani 1879
 Albuliformes - Albulidae
Prochanos rectifrons n. gen. n. sp.
Prochanos rectifrons n. gen. n. sp. Bassani 1879 bonefish
 Ichthyodectiformes - Bardackichthyidae
"Thrissops microdon" = Heckelichthys microdon
"Thrissops microdon" = Heckelichthys microdon Heckel 1849
 Ichthyodectiformes -
Thrissops exiguus n. sp. Bassani 1879
 Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae
Belonostomus lesinaensis n. sp.1 Bassani 1882