Sardinia5 (Cretaceous of Italy)
Where: Sardinia, Italy (40.3° N, 9.3° E: paleocoordinates 31.6° N, 9.8° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Albian (113.0 - 100.5 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 2091: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 22.06.1999
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Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia | |
Acesta subovalis file clam
Plagiostoma globosum file clam | |
Propeamussium ninae mud scallop | |
cf. Gervillella sublanceolata d'Orbigny 1850 oyster originally entered as "Gervillella cf. sublanceolata"
Pseudoptera anomala Sowerby 1836 oyster | |
Cucullaea glabra Parkinson 1811 clam | |
Inoperna flagellifera Forbes 1846 mussel | |
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Pleuriocardia rauliniana cockle | |
Nuculana phaseolina pointed nut clam |