Ponte Giurino, Valle Imagna (MSNM collection) (Triassic of Italy)

Where: Italy (45.8° N, 9.6° E: paleocoordinates 29.2° N, 13.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Argilliti di Riva di Solto Formation, Sevatian (212.0 - 205.6 Ma)

• Listed as Upper Norian (?) to Lower Rhaetian, but more recent papers describe Argilliti di Riva di Solto at Ponte Giurino as Upper Norian.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, carbonaceous shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano (MSNM)

Primary reference: A. Garassino and G. Teruzzi. 1993. A new decapod crustacean assemblage from the Upper Triassic of Lombardy (N. Italy). Paleontologia Lombarda, Nuova Serie 1:1-32 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 127158: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 28.04.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Palinuridae
Archaeopalinurus levis Pinna 1974 spiny lobster
 Decapoda - Glaessnericarididae
Glaessnericaris macrochela Garassino and Teruzzi 1993 decapod
 Decapoda - Litogastroidae
Pseudoglyphea gigantea n. sp. Garassino and Teruzzi 1993 decapod
 Decapoda - Coleiidae
Pseudocoleia mazzolenii n. gen. n. sp.
Pseudocoleia mazzolenii n. gen. n. sp. Garassino and Teruzzi 1993 decapod
 Decapoda -
Pinnacaris dentata n. gen. n. sp.
Pinnacaris dentata n. gen. n. sp. Garassino and Teruzzi 1993 shrimp
MSNM i10691/2, i10693
 Decapoda - Penaeidae
Penaeidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 decapod
MSNM i10753
Longichela orobica n. sp. Garassino and Teruzzi 1993 decapod
MSNM i10738, i10739, i10744, i10751, i10752