Lanterna, Quieto tracksite (Cretaceous of Croatia)

Also known as Mirna River mouth

Where: Istarska, Croatia (45.3° N, 13.6° E: paleocoordinates 27.1° N, 15.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: peritidal; wackestone

• "subtidal to supratidal environments"
• "a wackestone-packstone with foraminifers"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected by A. Tarlao in 1977

Collection methods: surface (in situ), peel or thin section,

• original footprint collected by A. Tarlao; cast in Univ. Padua Mus. of Paleontology, made by Dalla Vecchia 1995

Primary reference: F. M. Dalla Vecchia. 1995. Jurassic and Cretaceous sauropod evidence in the Mesozoic carbonate platforms of the southern Alps and Dinarids. In M. G. Lockley, V. F. dos Santos, C. A. Meyer, & A. P. Hunt (eds.), Aspects of Sauropod Paleobiology. GAIA 10:65-73 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 61856: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 05.07.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• level has foraminifera
Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Iguanodontidae
Iguanodontidae indet.2 Bonaparte 1850 iguanodontid
 Theropoda -
Coelurosauria indet.2 Huene 1914 coelurosaur
 Avetheropoda -
Carnosauria indet.2 Huene 1920 carnosaur
Foraminifera
  -
Foraminifera indet.1 Eichwald 1830