Where: Slovenia (45.8° N, 13.7° E: paleocoordinates 28.3° N, 14.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, black limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: salvage,
• "The specimen was recently recovered during the renovation of an old stone house in Škrbina, Slovenia, a small town just a few kilometers north-northwest of Komen. The outcrops and bedrock of both Škrbina and Komen are considered to be upper Cenomanian based on fossil fishes and foraminiferans."
Primary reference: M. W. Caldwell and A. Palci. 2010. A new species of marine ophidiomorph lizard, Adriosaurus skrbinensis, from the Upper Cretaceous of Slovenia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(3):747-755 [M. Carrano/H. Street]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 96678: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Hallie Street on 23.06.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Adriosaurus skrbinensis Caldwell and Palci 2010 squamates |