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 | |
Simosaurus aff. gaillardoti Meyer and Plieninger 1842 nothosaur Abundant postcranial fragments (MFSN)
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