The fossil record of the Italian Crocodylomorpha
is represented by remains coming from approximately 40 localities ranging from Middle Jurassic
to late Miocene-early Pliocene in age.
Although "crocodile" remains have always interested Italian Palaeontologists since the second half of the XVII cent.,
the poor knowledge of their morphology
and variability negatively affected their study, leaving room to debates and periodic revisions.
The relative literature is being critically analyzed and the fossil material, stored in several Italian and foreign museums, catalogued.
"Crocodilus vicetinus" from Lioy (1912)
References
_ DELFINO M., in press. Late Neogene crocodylian faunas from Libya and the Mediterranean area. Proceedings 3rd Symposium Geology of East Libya, Sedimentary Basins of Libya, 21-23 November 2004, Bingazi, Libya.
_ DELFINO M. & ROOK L., in press. African crocodylians in the Late Neogene of Europe. A revision of Crocodylus bambolii Ristori, 1890. Journal of Paleontology.
_ ABBAZZI L., DELFINO M., GALLAI G., TREBINI L. & ROOK L., in press. New data on the vertebrate assemblage of Fiume Santo (North-western Sardinia, Italy), a site with a latest Miocene fossil Ape. Palaeontology.
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_ DELFINO M., 2007. An African crocodile in Italy. National Geographic Magazine Italia, 19(4): 114-117. [in Italian]
_ DELFINO M., BÖHME M. & ROOK L., 2007. First European evidence for transcontinental dispersal of Crocodylus (late Neogene of southern Italy). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 149: 293-307.
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