Seazza Brook: Norian, Italy

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Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Pterosauria
1 specimen
Holotype: MFSN 21545, disarticulated but associated partial skeleton including skull and mandible elements
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Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Friuli Venezia Giulia County:Oreone
Coordinates: 46.4° North, 12.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.8° North, 30.7° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Late Triassic
Stage: Norian 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 4
Key time interval: Norian
Age range of interval: 227 - 208.5 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Dolomia di Forni
Stratigraphy comments: The fossiliferous portion of the Dolomia di Forni Formation was dated to the late middle to late Norian (Alaunian 3-Sevatian) on the basis of its conodont assemblages (Dalla Vecchia, 2014).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Lithology description: "The boulder lithology (dark grey laminated dolostone) and the local stratigraphy (Dalla Vecchia, 2012), as well as geomorphologic and topographic constraints, indicate that the specimen comes from the lower member of the Dolomia di Forni Formation (sensu Dalla Vecchia, 1991; see also Dalla Vecchia, 2012), possibly from its lower portion."
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:205840
Authorizer:R. Butler Enterer:E. Dunne
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2019-10-25 10:35:33 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2019-10-25 10:35:33
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
70608. F. M. Dalla Vecchia. 2019. Seazzadactylus venieri gen. et sp. nov., a new pterosaur (Diapsida: Pterosauria) from the Upper Triassic (Norian) of northeastern Italy. PeerJ 7(e7363) [R. Butler/E. Dunne]