Tres Nuraghes: Langhian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
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]