Lama Paterno quarry, Bisceglie (bed 1): Early Aptian, Italy
collected 2006

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Sacchi et al. 2009 2 individuals
BLP3; 5 tracks in 2 trackways
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Miliolidae
Miliolidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839
Sacchi et al. 2009
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Apulia County:Bari
Coordinates: 41.2° North, 16.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.3° North, 34.9° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Barremian
Key time interval: Early Aptian
Age range of interval: 121.4 - 119.57 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Calcare di Bari Member:Corato
Local section:BLP Local bed:1.8 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: informal member name, foorptins in type section
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:wavy/flaser/lenticular bedding muddy wackestone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "wackestone and mudstone with...flaser bedding"
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
Geology comments: carbonate platform shifting from supratidal to subtidal to inner lagoon
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression,trace
Size of fossils:macrofossils,microfossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Preservation of anatomical detail:poor
Associated major elements:all
Fragmentation:occasional
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection,observed (not collected)
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection dates:2006
Metadata
Also known as:BLP
Database number:47792
Authorizer:J. Head, M. Carrano Enterer:J. Head, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano
Created:2005-03-01 15:09:05 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2005-03-01 15:09:05
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
34471.ETE G. Leonardi. 2008. Vertebrate ichnology in Italy. Studi Trentini di Scienze Naturali, Acta Geologica 83:213-221 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

59342 A. Iannone, M. Petruzzelli, and R. La Perna. 2012. La cava ad orme di dinosauro di Molfetta: opportunità di tutela, valorizzazione e divulgazione di una singolarità geologico-paleontologica del territorio [The dinosaur footprint quarry of Molfetta: opportunity for protection, enhancement, and dissemination of a geological-paleontological singularity of the territory]. Geologi e Territorio 9(2):17-21 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
29155ETE E. Sacchi, M. A. Conti, S. D. Porchetti, A. Logoluso, U. Nicosia, G. Perugina, and F. M. Petti. 2009. Aptian dinosaur footprints from the Apulian platform (Bisceglie, southern Italy) in the framework of periadriatic ichnosites. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 271:104-116 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]