Mezzocorona tracksite: Tuvalian, Italy
collected by M. Avanzini 2004
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Grallatoridae
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Grallator sp.
Hitchcock 1858
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Atreipus sp.
Olsen and Baird 1986
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Reptilia
- Otozoidae
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Evazoum sp.
Nicosia and Loi 2003
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Italy | State/province: | Trentino-Alto Adige |
| Coordinates: | 46.2° North, 11.1° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 18.6° North, 17.0° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Triassic |
| Stage: | Carnian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Tuvalian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 233.40000 - 227.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Travenanzes | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: three closely spaced layers underhanging outcrop; Tuvalian age based on pollen; lowermost part of formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | desiccation cracks,black,gray "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),observed (not collected) | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | M. Avanzini | Collection dates: | Apr 2004 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | San Gottardo, Corona di Mezo | ||
| Database number: | 89860 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-06-17 08:05:25 | Last modified: | 2009-06-17 11:08:07 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-06-17 08:05:25 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 30097. | ETE | S. D'Orazi Porchetti, U. Nicosia, P. Mietto, F. M. Petti, and M. Avanzini. 2008. Atreipus-like footprints and their co-occurrence with Evazoum from the upper Carnian (Tuvalian) of Trentino-Alto Adige. Studi Trentini di Scienze Naturali, Acta Geologica 83:277-287 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |