Polazzo site A (Cretaceous to of Italy)

Where: Gorizia, Italy (45.9° N, 13.6° E: paleocoordinates 30.4° N, 14.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Calcari di Monte San Michele Formation, Coniacian to Coniacian (89.8 - 83.6 Ma)

• Upper part of the ‘calcari di Aurisina’

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. Poyato-Ariza. 2010. Polazzodus, gen. nov., A New Pycnodont Fish from the Late Cretaceous of Northeastern Italy. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(3):650-664 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 103811: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.02.2011, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Frenelopsis sp. Schenk 1869
Pagiophyllum sp. Heer 1881
Ginkgoopsida
 Ginkgoales -
Ginkgoales indet. Goroschankin 1904
Angiospermae
  -
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxodiaceae
cf. Sphenolepis sp. Agassiz 1843
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Reptilia
 Loricata -
Crocodyliformes indet. Hay 1930 crocodilian
Worn tooth
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
Disarticulated bones of non-marine chelonians
Actinopteri
 Teleostei -
Anguilliformes indet. Greenwood et al. 1966 eel
 Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Enchodus sp. Agassiz 1835
 Aulopiformes - Dercetidae
Rhynchodercetis sp. Arambourg 1943
 Teleostei -
Beryciformes indet. Patterson 1964
Clupeiformes indet. Bleeker 1859
 Gonorhynchiformes - Chanidae
 Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Polazzodus coronatus n. gen. n. sp.
Polazzodus coronatus n. gen. n. sp. Poyato-Ariza 2010