Sardinia1 (Cretaceous to of Italy)

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

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
cf. Gervillaria sowerbyana oyster
originally entered as "Gervillaria cf. sowerbyana"
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam
 Hippuritida - Requieniidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
Pterotrigonia sp. van Hoepen 1929 clam
originally entered as "Pteratrigonia sp."