Santa Giustina (Oligocene of Italy)

Where: Savona, Italy (44.4° N, 8.4° E: paleocoordinates 41.8° N, 6.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Kotsakis, M. Delfino, and P. Piras. 2004. Italian Cenozoic crocodilians: taxa, timing and palaeobiogeographic implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 210:67-87 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 144546: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 10.05.2013

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
Crocodylia indet. Owen 1842 crocodilian
Includes teeth; reported by Capellini (1890) and described as Crocodylus by Issel (1892)