Mezzocorona tracksite: Tuvalian, Italy
collected by M. Avanzini 2004
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Otozoidae
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2 specimens | |||||||
Reptilia
- Grallatoridae
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Italy | State/province: | Trentino-Alto Adige |
Coordinates: | 46.2° North, 11.1° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 18.4° North, 31.7° East (Wright 2013) | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late Triassic |
Stage: | Carnian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 3 |
Key time interval: | Tuvalian | ||
Age range of interval: | 233.4 - 227 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: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-06-17 08:05:25 |
Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
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] |