S. Anna di Alfaedo quarries (helvetica Zone) (Cretaceous to of Italy)

Also known as Sant'Anna di Alfaedo

Where: Verona, Italy (45.6° N, 11.0° E: paleocoordinates 30.3° N, 12.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Helvetoglobotruncana helvetica foram zone, Scaglia Rossa Veneta Formation, Early/Lower Turonian to Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

• pelagic sedimentation on a submerged plateau; open marine conditions

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: salvage, quarrying, mechanical,

• Natural History Museum of Verona

Primary reference: A. Palci, M. W. Caldwell, and C. A. Papazzoni. 2013. A new genus and subfamily of mosasaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of northern Italy. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(3):599-612 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 148885: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 27.07.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Foraminifera
 Globigerinaceae - Heterohelicidae
Heterohelix globulosa Ehrenberg 1840
 Globigerinaceae - Globotruncanidae
Dicarinella imbricata, "Marginotruncana renzi" = Globotruncana renzi
"Marginotruncana renzi" = Globotruncana renzi Thalmann 1942
Reptilia
 Squamata - Mosasauridae
Romeosaurus sorbinii n. sp. Palci et al. 2013 mosasaur
NHMV-V7481