Esino, near Perledo: Ladinian, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Eosauropterygia
- Nothosauridae
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Eupodosaurus longobardicus n. gen., n. sp.
Boulenger 1891
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Lariosaurus balsami | ||||||||||
| isolated left foot (holotype) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Italy |
| Coordinates: | 46.0° North, 9.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 8.0° North, 21.0° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
| Stage: | Ladinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Ladinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 242.00000 - 237.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Calcare di Perledo | Formation: | Perledo-Vaenna | Member: | Perledo |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 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 int he 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-Vaenna Formation, of upper Ladinian age (Gaetani et al. 1992). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 138126 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-01-05 02:56:43 | Last modified: | 2013-01-04 09:56:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-01-05 02:56:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 44173. | O. Rieppel. 1998. The status of the sauropterygian reptile genera Ceresiosaurus, Lariosaurus, and Silvestrosaurus from the Middle Triassic of Europe. Fieldiana: Geology, new series 38:1-46 [R. Benson/R. Benson] |