Sardinia3 (Cretaceous to of Italy)
Where: Sardinia, Italy (40.3° N, 9.3° E: paleocoordinates 33.3° N, 14.8° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Hauterivian to Hauterivian (132.9 - 132.9 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
PaleoDB collection 2089: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 22.06.1999
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Taxonomic list
• Uppermost Valanginian and Lower Hauterivian occur in the same facies in Eastern Sardinia. Therefore the species from both levels are listed together; generally, species found in latest Valanginian beds also occur in early Hauterivian beds of the same formation
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Bivalvia | |
Nucula planata nut clam | |
Trigonia carinata clam
Quadratotrigonia nodosa Sowerby 1830 clam | |
Eriphyla gigantea clam
Astarte numismalis clam | |
Ptychomya plana clam | |
Panopea gurgitis clam | |
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Venus cornueliana venus clam
Venus thurmanni venus clam
Venus vendoperana venus clam
Flaventia brongniartina venus clam | |
Pholadomya gigantea Sowerby 1836 clam | |
Sphaera corrugata Sowerby 1822 clam | |
"Thetis minor" = Thetironia minor
"Thetis minor" = Thetironia minor Sowerby 1826 clam | |
Cucullaea gabrielis clam
Cucullaea gresslyi clam | |
Grammatodon securis clam | |
Neithea atava Roemer 1839 scallop
Neithea valangiensis Pictet and Campiche 1870 scallop | |
Spondylus roemeri, Mimachlamys robinaldina, cf. Chlamys elongata, ? Chlamys archiaciana, Camptonectes cottaldinus
Mimachlamys robinaldina Orbigny 1847 scallop | |
Entolium orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop | |
Plicatula placunaea scallop | |
Acesta dorbignyana file clam | |
Isognomon ricordeanus oyster | |
Rastellum rectangulare, Aetostreon latissimum, cf. Ceratostreon tuberculiferum, Ceratostreon boussingaulti
Rastellum rectangulare oyster
Aetostreon latissimum Lamarck 1801 oyster
cf. Ceratostreon tuberculiferum Koch and Dunker 1837 oyster originally entered as "Ceratostreon cf. tuberculiferum"
Ceratostreon boussingaulti d'Orbigny 1842 oyster | |
"ex gr. Inoceramus neocomiensis" = Neocomiceramus neocomiensis
"ex gr. Inoceramus neocomiensis" = Neocomiceramus neocomiensis d'Orbigny 1845 clam originally entered as "Inoceramus ex gr. neocomiensis"
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