Also known as Comeno; Adriosaurus and Komensaurus type locality
Where: Slovenia (45.8° N, 13.7° E: paleocoordinates 28.3° N, 14.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. W. Caldwell and A. Palci. 2007. A new basal mosasauroid from the Cenomanian (U. Cretaceous) of Slovenia with a review of mosasauroid phylogeny and evolution. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(4):863-880 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 87055: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.03.2009, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Komensaurus carrolli n. gen. n. sp.
Komensaurus carrolli n. gen. n. sp. Caldwell and Palci 2007 squamates The “Trieste aigialosaur”. Holotype: MCSNT 11430 (originally 9961), 11431, and 11432 constitute a single specimen in three pieces. The slab MCSNT 11430 contains most of the articulated postcranial remains. The slab MCSNT 11431 contains cervical vertebrae, fragments of the lower jaw, and the quadrate bone. Some caudal vertebrae and remains of the surangularprearticular complex, and the splenial and coronoid, are on a slab MCSNT 11432
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Adriosaurus microbrachis n. sp. Palci and Caldwell 2007 squamates MCSNT 7792 - type (an articulated specimen missing the skull, and part of the cervical and caudal skeleton)
Adriosaurus suessi n. gen. n. sp. Seeley 1881 squamates The “Vienna” specimen (missing), Geological Museum, University of Vienna - holotype (slab with posterior trunk region, pelvis, hindlimb, and tail)
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