Between Starigrad and Vrboska, Hvar: Late/Upper Cenomanian, Croatia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Aigialosauridae
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Aigialosaurus dalmaticus n. gen., n. sp.
Kramberger 1892
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| BSP 1902II501 - holotype (nearly complete skeleton, lacking middle-distal tail) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Croatia |
| Coordinates: | 43.2° North, 16.6° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 25.1° North, 15.8° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Cenomanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: platy limestones | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Stari Grad; Aigialosaurus dalmaticus type locality | ||
| Database number: | 123551 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-01-25 20:54:32 | Last modified: | 2012-01-25 03:54:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-01-25 20:54:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 39745. | A. R. Dutchak and M. W. Caldwell. 2006. Redescription of Aigialosaurus dalmaticus Kramberger, 1892, a Cenomanian mosasauroid lizard from Hvar Island, Croatia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 43:1821-1834 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |