List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Crocodylia
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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Zoboli et al. 2019 | |||||||||
| MGPT-PU 17332/1, MGPT-PU 17332/2, MGPT-PU 17332/3, MGPT-PU 17332/4, MGPT-PU 17332/5, MGPT-PU 17331/1, MGPT-PU 17331/2 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Crocodylus caralitanus n. sp.
Capellini 1890
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| nomen oblitum belonging to Crocodylus | ||||||||||
| MGGC 148 (holotype) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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? Testudines indet.
Batsch 1788
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Zoboli et al. 2022 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| ?Testudines indet. The specimen is currently lost and was originally referred to as an iliac bone of Trionyx by Comaschi Caria (see pl. I, Figures 3-4 in Comaschi Caria 1959). | ||||||||||
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Procyclanorbis sardus n. sp.
Portis 1901
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Portis 1901 | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Pantrionychidae | ||||||||||
| MDLCA 14007 (holotype), a carapace and its mold | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Cheloniidae
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Cheloniidae indet.
Bonaparte 1832
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Zoboli et al. 2022 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| A cranium (Figure 13a) and a partial left hyo-hypoplastron (Figure 13b), probably destroyed during WWII. | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Italy | State/province: | Cagliari |
| Coordinates: | 39.2° North, 9.2° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.4° North, 4.9° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Calcari di Cagliari | Member: | Middle | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Tramezzario lithofacies in the Calcari di Cagliari Formation; upper Tortonian–lower Messinian (~10–7 Ma) (Zoboli et al. 2019) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: off-white bioclastic limestones and biocalcarenites | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
| Geology comments: infralittoral to circalittoral zones | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Is Mirrionis | ||
| Database number: | 144558 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | P. Mannion, E. Vlachos, G. Varnham |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-05-10 22:24:30 | Last modified: | 2022-02-16 09:38:34 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-05-10 22:24:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 50049. | G. Capellini. 1890. Sul coccodrilliano garialoide (Tomistoma calaritanus) scoperto nella collina di Cagliari nel 1868. Rendiconti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei, Serie 4 6:149-151 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 46758 | 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] | |
| 75100 | C. S. C. Nicholl, J. P. Rio, P. D. Mannion and M. Delfino. 2020. A re-examination of the anatomy and systematics of the tomistomine crocodylians from the Miocene of Italy and Malta. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 18(22):1853-1889 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 64274 | A. Portis. 1901. Il Procyclanorbis sardus Port., nuovo trionychide fossile della Sardegna. Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana 20:51-79 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 82315 | D. Zoboli, G. L. Georgalis, M. Arca, C. Tuveri, S. Carboni, L. Lecca, G. L. Pillola, L. Rook, M. Villani, F. Chesi, and M. Delfino. 2022. An overview of the fossil turtles from Sardinia (Italy). Historical Biology 1-30 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 79866 | D. Zoboli, L. Sanciu, G. L. Pillola and M. Delfino. 2019. An overview of the crocodylian fossil record from Sardinia (Italy). Annales de Paléontologie 105:123-137 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham/G. Varnham] |