Perledo (Museo Civico di Como) (Triassic of Italy)

Where: Lecco, Italy (46.0° N, 9.3° E: paleocoordinates 8.8° N, 20.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Perledo Member (Perledo-Varenna Formation), Longobardian (242.0 - 235.0 Ma)

• The precise age of these historical fossil collections from Perledo cannot be determined unequivocally today because precise stratigraphic and locality data are lacking. Tintori et al. (1985) noted that most of the historical fossil material appears to have been collected in the surroundings of the village of Perledo (i.e. in the upper part of the Calcare di Perledo, recognized as the Perledo Member of the Perledo-Varenna Formation, of upper Ladinian age (Gaetani et al. 1992).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Museo Civico di Como

Primary reference: G. de Alessandri. 1910. Studii sui pesci Triasici della Lombardia. Memorie della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 7(1):1-145 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 118265: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by David Robinson on 11.10.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Louwoichthyiformes - Louwoichthyidae
"Heterolepidotus bellottii n. sp." = Ctenognathichthys bellottii
"Heterolepidotus bellottii n. sp." = Ctenognathichthys bellottii de Alessandri 1910
 Perleidiformes - Perleididae
"Heterolepidotus serratus" = Perleidus altolepis
"Heterolepidotus serratus" = Perleidus altolepis Deecke 1889
Osteichthyes
  -
"Heterolepidotus pectoralis" = Lepidotus pectoralis, Ophiopsis lariensis
"Heterolepidotus pectoralis" = Lepidotus pectoralis Bellotti 1857
many specimens donated by Dr. Nava
Ophiopsis lariensis de Alessandri 1910
coll. Regazzoni