Where: Lecco, Italy (45.8° N, 9.3° E: paleocoordinates 33.3° N, 18.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sogno Formation, Early/Lower Toarcian (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)

• Assignment of the faunal assemblage to the lower Toarcian is justified by the discovery of ammonites, like Dactylioceras, and calcareous nannofossils, like Mitrolithus, Lotharingus, and Carinolithus.

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano (MSNM)

Primary reference: A. Garassino and B. Gironi. 2005. Proeryon hartmanni (v. Meyer, 1835) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Eryonoidea) and Archaeopalinurus cfr. A. levis Pinna, 1974 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palinuroidea) from the Lower Jurassic (Toarcian) of Cesana Brianza-Suello (Lecco, N Italy). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 146(1):53-68 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 127342: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 10.05.2012

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