La Secca: Late/Upper Campanian, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Prognathodon sp.
Dollo 1889
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| NHMP 5534–5539 | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Italy |
| Coordinates: | 46.1° North, 12.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.1° North, 14.3° 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: | Scaglia Rossa |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Natural HistoryMuseum of Padua | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 156033 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Tennant |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-05-07 15:56:10 | Last modified: | 2018-06-14 12:29:04 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-05-07 15:56:10 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 51096. | A. Palci, M. W. Caldwell, C. A. Papazzoni and E. Forniciari. 2014. Mosasaurine mosasaurs (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from northern Italy. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(3):549-559 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] |