Perledo (Cornalia coll): Longobardian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Perleidiformes - Perleididae
Pholidophorus oblongus Bellotti 1857
replaced by Perleidus altolepis
Actinopteri - Pholidophoriformes - Pholidophoridae
Pholidophorus curionii (Heckel 1849)
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy
Coordinates: 46.0° North, 9.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:8.9° North, 20.5° 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:Longobardian
Age range of interval:239.70000 - 237.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Perledo-Varenna 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 in the 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-Varenna Formation, of upper Ladinian age (Gaetani et al. 1992).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified carbonaceous "limestone"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: collection of Prof. Cornalia (possibly at MCSN, Milan, but not indicated by Alessandri.
Metadata
Database number:153408
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-12-14 17:12:39 Last modified:2013-12-14 17:12:39
Access level:the public Released:2013-12-14 17:12:39
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
49428. G. de Alessandri. 1910. Studii sui pesci Triasici della Lombardia. Memorie della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 7(1):1-145 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]