Where: Lecce, Italy (40.1° N, 18.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.6° N, 17.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Pietra Leccese Formation, Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 5.3 Ma)
• Pietra Leccese Limestone; upper Burdigalian to lower Messinian (~17–7 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: yellow limestone
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 144554: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 10.05.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Tomistoma lyceense n. sp.
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