Visone (Oligocene of Italy)

Where: Alessandria, Italy (44.7° N, 8.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 7.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandy marl

• Sandy marls

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 144547: 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
Teeth - referred to Tomistoma by Del Vecchio (1921)