Where: Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy (46.4° N, 12.9° E: paleocoordinates 27.5° N, 16.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: lower Member (Dolomia di Forni Formation), Alaunian to Alaunian (215.6 - 205.6 Ma)
• Dolmomia di Forni "spans the Alaunian 2 - Sevatian 1 interval"; middle-late Norian
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: basinal (); dolomite
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. Renesto. 2000. Bird-like head on a chameleon body: new specimens of the enigmatic diapsid reptile Megalancosaurus from the Late Triassic of Northern Italy. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 106:157-180 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 83574: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 22.08.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Megalancosaurus sp. Calzavara et al. 1981 diapsid MFSN 18443a, articulated series of caudal vertebrae
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