Piz dal Diavel tracksite (Triassic of Switzerland)

Where: Graubunden, Switzerland (46.6° N, 10.2° E: paleocoordinates 26.1° N, 14.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Diavel Formation (Hauptdolomit Group), Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: paralic; dolomitic, gray lime mudstone

• "limey mud flats in a coastal region"
• "dolomitic limestone", dark gray

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected in 1961, 1981

Collection methods: surface (in situ), peel or thin section,

• originally discovered in 1960s by geologists from the Federal Polytechnic Institute (ETH)

Primary reference: H. Furrer. 1993. Entdeckung und Untersuchung der Dinosaurierfährten im Nationalpark. Cratschla, Ediziuns Specialas 1:1-23 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 69623: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 28.02.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Plantae indet.1 Haeckel 1866
"plant debris"
Pisces
  -
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes1
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes1 Huxley 1880 bony fish
"fish remains"
Reptilia
 Theropoda - Grallatoridae
Eubrontes sp.2 Hitchcock 1845 theropod
 Saurischia -
Tetrasauropus sp.1 Ellenberger 1970 prosauropod
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet.1 Latreille 1802 ostracod