Polazzo site A: Coniacian - Santonian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Brachiphyllum sp.
Dalla Vecchia and Cau 2011
Reptilia
Crocodyliformes indet. Hay 1930
Dalla Vecchia and Cau 2011
Worn tooth
Reptilia - Testudines
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
Dalla Vecchia and Cau 2011
synonym of Testudines
Disarticulated bones of non-marine chelonians
Actinopteri - Anguilliformes
Anguilliformes indet. Greenwood et al. 1966
Dalla Vecchia and Cau 2011
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Dercetidae
Rhynchodercetis sp. Arambourg 1943
Dalla Vecchia and Cau 2011
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Enchodus sp. Agassiz 1835
Dalla Vecchia and Cau 2011
Actinopteri - Beryciformes
Beryciformes indet. Patterson 1964
Dalla Vecchia and Cau 2011
Actinopteri - Gonorhynchiformes - Chanidae
Chanidae indet.
Dalla Vecchia and Cau 2011
Actinopteri - Clupeiformes
Clupeiformes indet. Bleeker 1859
Dalla Vecchia and Cau 2011
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Polazzodus coronatus n. gen., n. sp. Poyato-Ariza 2010
30 specimens
Equisetopsida - Cheirolepidiaceae
Frenelopsis sp. Schenk 1869
Dalla Vecchia and Cau 2011
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Pagiophyllum sp. Heer 1881
Dalla Vecchia and Cau 2011
Ginkgoopsida - Ginkgoales
Ginkgoales indet. Goroschankin 1904
Dalla Vecchia and Cau 2011
Angiospermae
Angiospermae indet.
Dalla Vecchia and Cau 2011
Pinopsida - Pinales - Taxodiaceae
cf. Sphenolepis sp. Agassiz 1843
Dalla Vecchia and Cau 2011
Pinopsida - Pinales - Taxaceae
Cunninghamites cf. elegans (Corda 1846)
Dalla Vecchia and Cau 2011
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Gorizia
Coordinates: 45.9° North, 13.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.4° North, 14.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 6
Key time interval:Coniacian - Santonian
Age range of interval:89.80000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Calcari di Monte San Michele
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Upper part of the ‘calcari di Aurisina’
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Lagerst�tten type:conservation
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:103811
Authorizer:M. Uhen, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Uhen, P. Mannion
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-02-02 10:36:39 Last modified:2021-04-08 05:59:17
Access level:the public Released:2011-02-02 10:36:39
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

34892. 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]

Secondary references:

37440 F. M. Dalla Vecchia and A. Cau. 2011. The first record of a notosuchian crocodyliform from Italy. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 117(2):309-321 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
76284 E. Puértolas-Pascual, A. Blanco, C. A. Brochu and J. I. Canudo. 2016. Review of the Late Cretaceous-early Paleogene crocodylomorphs of Europe: Extinction patterns across the K-PG boundary. Cretaceous Research 57:565-590 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]