Also known as Komen, Comeno; Mesoleptos zendrinii type
Where: Slovenia (45.8° N, 13.7° E: paleocoordinates 29.1° N, 14.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Cenomanian to Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 89.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. S. Y. Lee and J. D. Scanlon. 2002. The Cretaceous marine squamate Mesoleptos and the origin of snakes. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum: Zoology 68(2):131-142 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 132603: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 23.08.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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•Cornalia, E. & Chiozza, L. 1852. Cenni geologici sull’ Istria. Giornale dell’ I. R. Instituto Lombardo 3: 1–35.
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Eidolosaurus trauthi n. gen. n. sp., Mesoleptos zendrinii n. gen. n. sp.
Eidolosaurus trauthi n. gen. n. sp. Nopcsa 1923 squamates
Mesoleptos zendrinii n. gen. n. sp. Cornalia and Chiozza 1852 squamates Holotype originally in Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Milano but now seems to be lost (articulated series of dorsal, sacral and anterior caudal vertebrae with ribs and a partial hindlimb)
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