Lavaz Creek, Dogna (Triassic of Italy)

Where: Udine, Italy (46.5° N, 13.3° E: paleocoordinates 11.8° N, 20.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: aonoides ammonoid zone, Rio del Lago Formation, Julian (235.0 - 232.0 Ma)

• "The section is in the lower part of the Rio del Lago Formation which is dated to the early Carnian (Julian; aonoides Ammonoid Subzone) according to its palynomorph and ammonoid content (Preto et al. 2005; Dalla Vecchia 2006) and the conodonts occurring in the lithostratigraphic unit ("dolomie del Rio di Terra Rosa") immediately below (Jadoul & Nicora 2000; Preto et al. 2005)." (Dalla Vecchia 2008)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; bioturbated, nodular, black limestone and argillaceous marl

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: MFSN - Museo Friulano di Storia Naturale

Primary reference: F. M. Dalla Vecchia. 2008. First record of Simosaurus (Sauropterygia, Nothosauroidea) from the Carnian (Late Triassic) of Italy. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 114(2):273-285 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 196812: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 09.10.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Nothosauria - Simosauridae
Simosaurus aff. gaillardoti Meyer and Plieninger 1842 nothosaur
Abundant postcranial fragments (MFSN)