Between Starigrad and Vrboska, Hvar (Cretaceous of Croatia)

Also known as Stari Grad; Aigialosaurus dalmaticus type locality

Where: Croatia (43.2° N, 16.6° E: paleocoordinates 25.1° N, 15.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

• platy limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying

Primary reference: A. R. Dutchak and M. W. Caldwell. 2006. Redescription of Aigialosaurus dalmaticus Kramberger, 1892, a Cenomanian mosasauroid lizard from Hvar Island, Croatia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 43:1821-1834 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123551: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 25.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Squamata - Aigialosauridae
Aigialosaurus dalmaticus n. gen. n. sp.
Aigialosaurus dalmaticus n. gen. n. sp. Kramberger 1892 squamates
BSP 1902II501 - holotype (nearly complete skeleton, lacking middle-distal tail)