Calcare di Zorzino
Geological formation in Italy
Calcare di Zorzino | |
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Stratigraphic range: Norian (Alaunian)[1] ~216.6–212 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
Type | Geological formation |
Underlies | Argilliti di Riva di Solta |
Overlies | Dolomia Principale |
Lithology | |
Primary | Limestone |
Other | Marl |
Location | |
Coordinates | ![]() ![]() Calcare di Zorzino (Italy) |
The Calcare di Zorzino, Italian for Zorzino Limestone is a Late Triassic (Norian) geological formation in Italy (Cene and Endenna [it]).[2] Pterosaurs and Tanystropheids have been recovered in this formation.
Vertebrate paleofauna
Pterosaurs of the Zorzino Limestone | ||||
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Taxa | Presence | Notes | Images | |
Genus:
| Cene[1] | ![]() | ||
Genus:
| Cene[1] | |||
Genus:
| Endenna[1] | |||
Genus:
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Other reptiles
- 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
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Wellnhofer, 1991, p.67
- ^ Zorzino Limestone at Fossilworks.org
- ^ a b Spiekman & Scheyer, 2019
Bibliography
- 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