Capo della Frasca: Messinian, Italy
collected by Lovisato
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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| MGPT-PU 17335, one isolated tooth Remains previously attributed to Tomistoma | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Italy | State/province: | Cagliari |
| Coordinates: | 39.8° North, 8.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.7° North, 5.5° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Messinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Messinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Capo San Marco | Member: | middle | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "early Messinian" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| 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 |
| Collectors: | Lovisato |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Capo Frasca | ||
| Database number: | 144562 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-05-10 22:35:19 | Last modified: | 2022-02-16 09:22:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-05-10 22:35:19 |
| 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] |