Monte Cornizzolo: Early/Lower Toarcian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Pachycormiformes - Pachycormidae
Pachycormus sp. Agassiz 1833
Actinopteri - Leptolepidiformes - Leptolepididae
Leptolepis sp. Agassiz 1832
Actinopteri - Pholidophoriformes - Pholidophoridae
Pholidophorus sp. Agassiz 1832
Reptilia
cf. Pelagosaurus sp. Bronn 1841
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Coleiidae
Proeryon hartmanni (Von Meyer 1835)
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Lombardy County:Lecco
Coordinates: 45.8° North, 9.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.4° North, 18.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:Toarcian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 3
Key time interval:Early/Lower Toarcian
Age range of interval:184.20000 - 182.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Calcare di Sogno
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "shale"
Lithology description: finely laminated blackish shales
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: central area of the Lombardian Basin
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:90436
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate,vertebrate
Created:2009-07-21 05:13:20 Last modified:2009-07-21 08:13:20
Access level:the public Released:2009-07-21 05:13:20
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
30394. M. Delfino and C. Dal Sasso. 2006. Marine reptiles (Thalattosuchia) from the Early Jurassic of Lombardy (northern Italy). Geobios 39:346-354 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]