VERONA PROVINCE
HOWEVER DATA COLLECTED FOR THIS STUDY INDICATE THAT THE ORIGINAL LIMESTONE BLOCK WAS QUARRIED NEAR SANT'AMBROGIO DI VALPOLICELLA
EXACAT LOCALITY IS UNKOWN
LOWERMOST ROSSO AMMONITICO VERONESE FORMATION
GLOBIGERINA SUPRIENSIS- AND BOSITRA BUCHI-DOMINATED MICROFACIES
UPPER BAJOCIAN STAGE
LOWERMIDDLE DOGGER EPOCH- LOWERMOST BATHONIAN STAGE
UPPER MIDDLE DOGGER EPOCH
MIDDLE JURASSIC
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUPERCOHORT: CRUROTARSI SERENO & ARCUCCI, 1990
COHORT: CROCODYLOTARSI BENTON & CLARK, 1988
MAGNORDER: SUCHIA KREBS, 1974
SUPERORDER: CROCODYLOMORPHA WALKER, 1968
GRANDORDER: CROCODILIFORMES HAY, 1930
MICRORDER: MESOEUROCROCODYLIA WHETSTONE & WHYBROW, 1983
ORDER: MESOSUCHIA EMEND HUXLEY, 1875
SUBORDER: THALATTOSUCHIA EMEND FRAAS, 1901
Family: METRIORHYNCHIDAE Fitzinger, 1843
Subfamily: GEOSAURINAE Lydekker, 1889
*Neptunidraco ammoniticus
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