Where: Sardinia, Italy (40.3° N, 9.4° E: paleocoordinates 33.5° N, 14.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Valanginian to Valanginian (139.8 - 139.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology:
Primary reference: A. V. Dhondt and I. Dieni. 1989. The Sardinian Early Cretaceous Bivalves and their Paleobiogeographic Affinities. In J. Wiedmann (ed.), Cretaceous of the Western Tethys. Proceedings 3rd International Cretaceous Symposium, Tuebingen 1987:281-297 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 2087: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 22.06.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
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Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam | |
Matheronia rougonensis rudist | |
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Cardium gillieroni cockle | |
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