La Crucca: Burdigalian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Postcranial remains; referred to T. calaritanum by Spano (1985)
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Cagliari
Coordinates: 40.8° North, 9.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.7° North, 4.2° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Burdigalian
Age range of interval:20.44000 - 15.97000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Mores
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Mores Fm. is upper Burdigalian

Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Sassari
Database number:144552
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:P. Mannion
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-05-10 21:30:18 Last modified:2022-02-16 09:02:10
Access level:the public Released:2013-05-10 21:30:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]

Secondary references:

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]