Hvar Island (Zagreb collection) (Cretaceous of Croatia)

Also known as Lesina

Where: Croatia (43.2° N, 16.7° E: paleocoordinates 25.1° N, 15.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Starigrad Limestone Formation, Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• Platy limestone member. Upper Cenomanian according to Diedrich et al. (2011).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified lime mudstone

• platy limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: quarrying

• Repository: Geological Museum, Zagreb ("Agramer Museums" in German)

Primary reference: D. Gorjanović-Kramberger. 1885. Palaeoichtyoložki prilozi. Rad Jugoslavenske Akademije Znanosti i Umjetnosti 72:10-65 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 221022: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Shreya Hegde on 30.06.2021, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Elopiformes - Elopidae
Hemielopopsis suessi Bassani 1879
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Hypsospondylus bassanii n. gen. n. sp.
Hypsospondylus bassanii n. gen. n. sp. Gorjanović-Kramberger 1885 herring
 Leptolepidiformes - Leptolepididae
Leptolepis neumayri Bassani 1879
 Ichthyodectiformes - Bardackichthyidae
"Thrissops microdon" = Heckelichthys microdon
"Thrissops microdon" = Heckelichthys microdon Heckel 1849
 Ichthyodectiformes - Cladocyclidae
 Holostei -
"Solenodon lesinaensis n. sp." = Holcodon lesinaensis, "Solenodon lobopterygius n. sp." = Holcodon lesinaensis
"Solenodon lesinaensis n. sp." = Holcodon lesinaensis Kramberger 1881
"Solenodon lobopterygius n. sp." = Holcodon lesinaensis Kramberger 1881
Osteichthyes
 Aetheospondyli -
Opsigonus megaluriformis n. gen. n. sp.
Opsigonus megaluriformis n. gen. n. sp. Gorjanović-Kramberger 1882