Fumane quarry: Middle Turonian, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Romeosaurus fumanensis n. gen., n. sp.
Palci et al. 2013
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| NHMV-64108 - holotype (almost complete skull and about half of the vertebral column mostly exposed in ventral view) | ||||||||||
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Heterohelicidae
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Heterohelix globulosa
(Ehrenberg 1840)
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Globotruncanidae
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Marginotruncana pseudolinneiana
Pessagno 1967
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Praeglobotruncana stephani
(Gandolfi 1942)
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| original and current combination Globotruncana stephani | ||||||||||
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Marginotruncana coronata
(Bolli 1953)
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| original and current combination Globotruncana coronata | ||||||||||
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Marginotruncana renzi
(Thalmann 1942)
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| original and current combination Globotruncana renzi | ||||||||||
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Hedbergellidae
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Muricohedbergella simplex
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Italy | State/province: | Verona |
| Coordinates: | 45.6° North, 10.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.2° North, 12.0° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Turonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Turonian | Foram zone: | Helvetoglobotruncana helvetica |
| Age range of interval: | 93.90000 - 89.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Scaglia Rossa Veneta | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Lithozone informally known as ‘Lastame’ | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: pelagic sedimentation on a submerged plateau; open marine conditions | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | salvage,selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Natural History Museum of Verona | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 144507 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-05-08 20:44:44 | Last modified: | 2013-07-26 14:48:41 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-05-08 20:44:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 46722. | 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] |