Where: Italy (44.0° N, 12.3° E: paleocoordinates 30.1° N, 13.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Argille Varicolori Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; siliciclastic sediments
•exposed at the Monte Ceti quarry shows no indication of reversed strata as the pelagic deposits show typical fining-upward graded bedding and flute/groove casts at the base of the turbidites. The turbiditic deposits are also characterized by tubular Planolites-like feeding traces at the base, whereas rare Zoophycos traces are found on the interbedded, pelitic, hemipelagic deposits
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: concretion
Collected by Mr P. Giordani in 2010
• Prepared at the Museo Geologico Giovanni Capellini (MGGC) in Bologna where it is permanently stored and catalogued under the accession number MGGC 21876. Catalogued by the Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici dell’Emilia Romagna as ST 249811
Primary reference: F. Fanti, A. Cau, and A. Negri. 2014. A giant mosasaur (Reptilia, Squamata) with an unusually twisted dentition from the Argille Scagliose Complex (late Campanian) of Northern Italy. Cretaceous Research 49:91-104 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/J. Tennant]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 155565: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Jonathan Tennant on 18.04.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mosasaurus sp. Parkinson 1822 mosasaur MGGC 21876, premaxilla, anterior portion of maxillae and dentaries, anterior marginal teeth
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