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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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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
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