List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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Geography
| Country: | Italy | State/province: | Pescara |
| Coordinates: | 42.2° North, 14.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.5° North, 11.7° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Santo Spirito | Member: | middle | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Outcrops at Lettomanoppello are dated to Eocene-Oligocene transition, specifically Bartonian–Rupelian based on isotopic analysis and biostratigraphy (Agnini et al. 2014; Cornacchia et al. 2015; Raffi et al. 2016) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 144557 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-05-10 22:21:02 | Last modified: | 2022-02-21 05:44:09 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-05-10 22:21:02 |
| 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] |