Strintu de Melonis, Nurri (Oligocene to of Italy)

Also known as Comidanu da Strintu Argiolu alla Stazione di Nurri

Where: Cagliari, Italy (39.7° N, 9.2° E: paleocoordinates 42.2° N, 2.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Nurallao Formation, Chattian to Chattian (28.1 - 16.0 Ma)

• Funedda et al. 2001

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• Zoboli et al. 2019: The Nurallao Fm. is represented by marine-littoral sediments and is divided in two members: Conglomerato di Duidduru member (at the bottom) and Arenarie di Serra Longa member (at the top). The lower member is constituted by polygenic and heterometric conglomerates mainly resulting from the erosion of the underlying Palaeozoic basement and subordinately by Cenozoic volcanites. The fossil content is represented especially by fragments of bivalve shells. The lithology changes both laterally and vertically in the sandstone and silicoclastic sands of the Arenarie di Serra Longa member.

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 144548: 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
MGPT-PU 17336, one isolated tooth: Allocated by Lovisato (1892) to Tomistoma sp.