Calcare di Zorzino
Appearance
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Calcare di Zorzino | |
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Stratigraphic range: Norian (Alaunian)[1] ~ | |
Type | Geological formation |
Underlies | Argilliti di Riva di Solta |
Overlies | Dolomia Principale |
Lithology | |
Primary | Limestone |
Other | Marl |
Location | |
Coordinates | 45°48′N 9°48′E / 45.8°N 9.8°E |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 27°06′N 13°48′E / 27.1°N 13.8°E |
Region | Lombardy |
Country | Italy |
Type section | |
Named for | Zorzino |
The Calcare di Zorzino, Italian for Zorzino Limestone is a Late Triassic (Norian) geological formation in Italy (Cene and Endenna ).[2] Pterosaurs and Tanystropheids have been recovered in this formation.
Vertebrate paleofauna
[edit]Pterosaurs of the Zorzino Limestone | ||||
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Taxa | Presence | Notes | Images | |
Genus:
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Cene[1] | ![]() | ||
Genus:
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Cene[1] | |||
Genus:
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Endenna[1] | |||
Genus:
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Other reptiles
[edit]- Aetosaurus ferratus
- Bergamodactylus wildi
- Drepanosaurus unguicaudatus
- Endennasaurus acutirostris
- Langobardisaurus pandolfii
- Megalancosaurus endennae
- M. preonensis
- Mystriosuchus planirostris
- Psephoderma alpinum
- Vallesaurus cenensis
- V. zorzinensis
- Diphydontosaurus sp.
- ?Mystriosuchus sp.
- ?Theropoda indet.
Fish
[edit]References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Spiekman, Stephan; Scheyer, Torsten (2019), "A taxonomic revision of the genus Tanystropheus (Archosauromorpha, Tanystropheidae)", Palaeontologia Electronica, doi:10.26879/1038
- Wellnhofer, Peter (1991), Summary of Triassic Pterosaurs, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Pterosaurs, London, UK: Salamander Books Limited, p. 67, ISBN 0-86101-566-5
- Pinna, G.; Nosotti, S. (1989), "Anatomia, morfologia funzionale e paleoecologia del rettile placodonte Psephoderma alpiunum Meyer, 1858", Memorie della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Milano, 25: 1–50
- Zambelli, R (1973), "Eudimorphodon ranzii gen. nov., sp. nov., uno pterosauro Triassico", Rendiconti Scienze di Instituto Lombardo, B, 107: 27–32