Monte Ceti Quarry: Late/Upper Campanian, Italy
collected by Mr P. Giordani 2010
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Mosasaurus sp.
Parkinson 1822
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1 individual | |||||||||
| MGGC 21876, premaxilla, anterior portion of maxillae and dentaries, anterior marginal teeth | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Italy |
| Coordinates: | 44.0° North, 12.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.1° North, 13.7° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Argille Varicolori |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: The lower sequence consists of an alternation of sub-vertical, dark grey to green and red argillaceous pelagic beds, calcareous turbidites up to 50 cm thick, and minor, coarse-grained, siliciclastic turbidites. The stratigraphic interval 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 | |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
| Geology comments: Turbidite deposit | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,concretion |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Mr P. Giordani | Collection dates: | 2010 |
| Collection method comments: 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 | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 155565 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Tennant |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-04-18 08:37:34 | Last modified: | 2018-06-14 10:18:48 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-04-18 08:37:34 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 50799. | 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] |