Val Pusteria (Triassic of Italy)

Also known as Pusteria Valley, Valle

Where: Lombardia, Italy (46.8° N, 12.3° E: paleocoordinates 6.2° N, 24.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Braies Formation, Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• Middle-upper Anisian.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

• Formazione di Braies.

•from other sources, likely this is dolomite.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Collection of the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano.

Primary reference: S. Nosotti. 1986. Denti di rettili placodonti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 127(3-4):237-244 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 37323: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Robin Whatley on 10.03.2004

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Placodontia - Paraplacodontidae
Paraplacodus broilii Peyer 1931 placodont
one tooth (ID no. V872)