Komen (cave) (Cretaceous of Slovenia)

Also known as Comeno; Carsosaurus marchesetti type locality

Where: Slovenia (45.8° N, 13.7° E: paleocoordinates 28.3° N, 14.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Trieste Limestone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; limestone

• platy limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. W. Caldwell, R. L. Carroll, and H. Kaiser. 1995. The pectoral girdle and forelimb of Carsosaurus marchesetti (Aigialosauridae), with a preliminary phylogenetic analysis of mosasauroids and varanoids. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(3):516-531 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123567: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 26.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Squamata - Aigialosauridae
Carsosaurus marchesetti n. gen. n. sp.
Carsosaurus marchesetti n. gen. n. sp. Kornhuber 1893 squamates
Holotype - MCSNT (Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Trieste) (nearly complete skeleton lacking the skull