The first finding of a plesiosaur in Italy is reported. The specimen, a single humerus has been collected in the Argille Varicolori formation, in an outcrop close to the village of Zavattarello. Micropaleontological dating indicates a Santonian-Campanian age for the sediment enclosing the fossil. The morphology of the bone is described. -from Author
Cretaceous plesiosaur remains (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Argille Varicolori of Varzi (Pavia, Lombardy, Northern Italy)
Renesto Silvio
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1993-01-01
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The first finding of a plesiosaur in Italy is reported. The specimen, a single humerus has been collected in the Argille Varicolori formation, in an outcrop close to the village of Zavattarello. Micropaleontological dating indicates a Santonian-Campanian age for the sediment enclosing the fossil. The morphology of the bone is described. -from Author
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