Passo Palade tracksite (Triassic of Italy)

Also known as Gampenpass, Gampen Pass, Valle di Non

Where: Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy (46.5° N, 11.1° E: paleocoordinates 6.5° N, 23.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• possibly near the Pelsonian-Illyrian boundary

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: delta plain; red, argillaceous sandstone and red siltstone

• "coastal delta mouth bars"
• "the trampled layers consist of red marly sandstones"; "thin-bedded, alternating siltstones, sandstones and marly dolomites. The most abundant footprint association occurs on dark red siltstones coated by a submillimeter-thick veil of yellow shale."

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, trace

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: M. Avanzini. 2000. Synaptichnium tracks with skin impressions from the Anisian (Middle Triassic) of the Southern alps (Val di Non – Italy). Ichnos 7(4):243-251 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 194584: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 22.06.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata -
Rhynchosauroides sp. Maidwell 1911 squamates
 Pseudosuchia - Rotodactylidae
Rotodactylus sp. Peabody 1948 archosaur
 Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae
Brachychirotherium sp. Beurlen 1950 archosaur
Chirotherium ? barthii Kaup 1835 archosaur
Parasynaptichnium sp. Mietto 1987 archosaur
Synaptichnium sp. Nopcsa 1923 archosaur
Isochirotherium delicatum Courel and Demathieu 1976 archosaur
 Dinosauromorpha -
Dinosauromorpha indet. Benton 1985 ornithodiran
bipedal, tridactyl tracks ascribed to a non-dinosaurian archosaur similar to Lagosuchus or Lagerpeton