Estada, NE of Barbastro (Triassic of Spain)

Where: Aragon, Spain (42.1° N, 0.2° E: paleocoordinates 6.0° N, 14.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Muschelkalk Formation, Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; marl

• shallow marine
• thinly laminated, microsparite, calcite cement, pseudomorphs of sulfur oxide, dolomitic

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. L. Sanz. 1976. Lariosaurus balsami (Sauropterygia, Reptilia) de Estada (Huesca) [Lariosaurus balsami (Sauropterygia, Reptilia) from Estada (Huesca)]. Estudios Geológicos 32(6):547-567 [M. Carrano/H. Street/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 110826: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Hallie Street on 14.06.2011

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae
Lariosaurus balsami Curioni 1841 diapsid