Sardinia2 (Cretaceous of Italy)
Where: Sardinia, Italy (40.4° N, 9.7° E: paleocoordinates 33.0° N, 14.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Valanginian (139.8 - 132.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology:
Primary reference: A. V. Dhondt and I. Dieni. 1989. The Sardinian Early Cretaceous Bivalves and their Paleobiogeographic Affinities. In J. Wiedmann (ed.), Cretaceous of the Western Tethys. Proceedings 3rd International Cretaceous Symposium, Tuebingen 1987:281-297 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 2088: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 22.06.1999
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Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia | |
Astarte numismalis clam | |
Pholadomya gigantea Sowerby 1836 clam | |
Pecten ostierianus scallop |