Ortisei, Val Gardena (Triassic of Italy)

Where: Bolzano, Italy (46.6° N, 11.7° E: paleocoordinates 13.4° N, 19.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Raibl Formation, Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• Schoch & Milner (2000) list this specimen as from the Raibl Beds, although they mistakenly suggest that it is from Switzerland, not Italy

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by E. Moroder in 1951

Primary reference: P. Leonardi. 1952. Un osso nasale di Metoposaurus nei tufi a pachicardie dell' Alpe di Suisi (Dolomiti occidentali). Revista Italiana di Paleontologia 58:145-147 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 106510: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 23.03.2011

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Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Metoposauridae
Metoposaurus aff. diagnosticus Meyer 1842 tetrapod
Fragment of the snout