Where: Udine, Italy (46.5° N, 13.3° E: paleocoordinates 11.8° N, 20.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Rio del Lago Formation, Julian (235.0 - 232.0 Ma)
• Lower part of Rio del Lago Formation, low Carnian (Julian)
•A Julian...palynomorph association is found in the section marked by the presence of Concentricisporites bianulatus, Parcisporites spp., Duplicisporites verrucosus, Enzonalasporites vigens, Duplicisporites grannulatus and Araucariacites australis. Concentricisporites bianulatus is restricted to the palynomorph Assemblage 1 of Preto et al. (2005) that is typical of the lower Julian. The early Carnian bivalve Myophoria kefersteini also occurs.
•The unit where the specimens were collected is referred to the Rio del Lago Formation of the close Cave del Predil (formerly Raibl) area. The horizon with the specimen MFSN 27285 occurs about 10 metres above a 12m thick bank of oolitic limestone characteristic of the lower part of the formation.
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; black, gray, yellow limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Mr Roberto Rigo
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),
• Museo Friulano di Storia Naturale, Udine, Italf collection (MFSN)
Primary reference: F. M. Dalla Vecchia. 2006. A new sauropterygian reptile with plesiosaurian affinity from the Late Triassic of Italy. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 112(2):207-225 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 130790: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 13.07.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Bobosaurus forojuliensis n. gen. n. sp.
Bobosaurus forojuliensis n. gen. n. sp. Dalla Vecchia 2006 diapsid MFSN 27285, holotype partial skeleton and a referred dorsal neural arch with the same specimen number
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