San Valentino: Late/Upper Campanian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Mosasaurus cf. hoffmanni
(Mantell 1829)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Mosasaurus hoffmannii | ||||||||||
| IPUM 30200, skull | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Italy |
| Coordinates: | 44.7° North, 10.6° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.6° North, 12.1° East |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Argille di Viano | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Argille di Viano Formation (early Palaeocene–middle Eocene, but containing reworked boulders coming from the Flysch diMonte Cassio Formation, late
Campanian–late Maastrichtian) or from the Argille Varicolori di Cassio Formation (late Cenomanian–late Campanian). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | calcareous packstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Paleontology Museum of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 156035 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Tennant |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-05-07 16:03:15 | Last modified: | 2023-08-11 06:17:53 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-05-07 16:03:15 |
| 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] |