S. church Madonna Peraries, Rio Seazza valley (Triassic to of Italy)

Also known as Preondactylus holotype site

Where: Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy (46.4° N, 12.9° E: paleocoordinates 27.5° N, 16.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Dolomia di Forni Formation, Alaunian to Alaunian (215.6 - 205.6 Ma)

• "A late Alaunian (late middle Norian) date for the fossiliferous portion of the Dolomia di Forni was proposed on the basis of conodont assemblages bz Roghi et al. (1995) and Donofrio et al. (2003), but an early late Norian (early Sevatian) age is indicated by a more recent conodont analysis (Moix et al. 2007)"

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); brown, yellow marl and dolomite

• "the black bones of the skeleton were embedded in a two to three mm thick yellow-brown marl covering the dolomitic limestone"

•"The Dolomia di Forni is composed mainly of dark, often cherty, well-bedded dolostone that is frequently thinly laminated and sometimes slumped. Thicker laminae are graded and represent distal turbidites...the basinal facies preserving the tetrapod remains are composed mainly of distal turbidites and carbonate mud deposited by fallout"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by N. Buffarini, E. Martinis in 1982

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: R. Wild. 1984. A new pterosaur (Reptilia, Pterosauria) from the Upper Triassic (Norian) of Fruili, Italy. Gortania - Atti del Museo Friulano di Storia Naturale 5:45-62 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83471: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 21.08.2008

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Pterosauria -
Preondactylus buffarinii Wild 1984 pterosaur
MFSN 1770 (holotype), complete skeleton
Austriadactylus cristatus Dalla Vecchia et al. 2002 pterosaur
SC 332466, articulated partial skeleton