Camponocecchio, Genga (Jurassic to of Italy)

Also known as Gengasaurus-type locality

Where: Marche, Italy (43.4° N, 13.0° E: paleocoordinates 30.5° N, 19.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Calcari ad aptici e Saccocoma Formation, Kimmeridgian to Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 145.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. Paparella, E. E. Maxwell, A. Cipriani, S. Roncace, and M. W. Caldwell. 2017. The first ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Upper Jurassic of the Umbrian-Marchean Apennines (Marche, Central Italy). Geological Magazine 154(4):837-858 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 196747: authorized by Graeme Lloyd, entered by Graeme Lloyd on 03.10.2018

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae
Gengasaurus nicosiai n. gen. n. sp.
Gengasaurus nicosiai n. gen. n. sp. Paparella et al. 2017 ichthyosaur
MSVG 39617