Donnalucata (Miocene to of Italy)

Where: Ragusa, Italy (36.8° N, 14.6° E: paleocoordinates 36.8° N, 14.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Aquitanian to Aquitanian (23.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• "Globigerina limestone"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; nodular, phosphatic limestone

• Limestone with phosphatic nodules

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 144556: 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
Tooth - reported by Ruggieri (1961)