Piazza d'Armi (Miocene to of Italy)

Where: Cagliari, Italy (39.2° N, 9.1° E: paleocoordinates 40.6° N, 4.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Calcari di Cagliari Formation, Tortonian to Tortonian (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• late Tortonian–early Messinian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 224333: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Grace Varnham on 16.02.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Tomistoma calaritanum Capellini 1890 false gharial
one incomplete cranium (MDLCA 148); eight incomplete osteoderms (MDLCA 14401); casts of the restored cranium and six osteoderms