Sardinia5 (Cretaceous of Italy)

Where: Sardinia, Italy (40.3° N, 9.3° E: paleocoordinates 31.6° N, 9.8° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Primary reference: A. V. Dhondt and I. Dieni. 1989. The Sardinian Early Cretaceous Bivalves and their Paleobiogeographic Affinities. In J. Wiedmann (ed.), Cretaceous of the Western Tethys. Proceedings 3rd International Cretaceous Symposium, Tuebingen 1987:281-297 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2091: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 22.06.1999

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana phaseolina pointed nut clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Inoperna flagellifera Forbes 1846 mussel
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Pseudoptera anomala Sowerby 1836 oyster
cf. Gervillella sublanceolata d'Orbigny 1850 oyster
originally entered as "Gervillella cf. sublanceolata"
 Pectinida - Limidae
? Limaria elongata file clam
originally entered as "Limaria? elongata"
Acesta subovalis file clam
 Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea glabra Parkinson 1811 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
cf. Gastrochaena brevis clam
originally entered as "Gastrochaena cf. brevis"