Tres Nuraghes: Langhian, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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Isolated teeth. Remains previously attributed to Tomistoma | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Italy | State/province: | Oristano |
Coordinates: | 40.3° North, 8.5° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 42.5° North, 3.8° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Langhian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
Key time interval: | Langhian | ||
Age range of interval: | 15.97000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Member: | middle |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: “Crabs-rich” marly limestone (Langhian) | |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Tresnuraghes | ||
Database number: | 144559 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2013-05-10 22:28:18 | Last modified: | 2022-02-16 09:08:00 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-05-10 22:28:18 |
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] |