Sardinia2 (Cretaceous of Italy)

Where: Sardinia, Italy (40.4° N, 9.7° E: paleocoordinates 33.0° N, 14.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Valanginian (139.8 - 132.9 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 2088: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 22.06.1999

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya gigantea Sowerby 1836 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae