Chizzola tracksite (Jurassic of Italy)

Also known as ALCH, Ala

Where: Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy (45.8° N, 11.0° E: paleocoordinates 32.1° N, 14.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Peritidal Member (Monte Zugna Formation), Hettangian (201.3 - 199.3 Ma)

• "middle peritidal unit", three beds - ALCH 1, 2, 3

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: paralic; dolomitic, ooidal, gray mudstone

• "light-gray stromatolitic interval, dolomitized at the top"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected by G. Leonardi in 1994

Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: G. Leonardi. 2000. I dinosauri d'Italia e delle aree adiacenti [The dinosaurs of Italy and adjacent areas]. In G. Leonardi & P. Mietto (ed.), Dinosauri in Italia. Le Orme Giurassiche dei Lavini di Marco (Trentino) e Gli Altri Resti Fossili Italiani 275-295 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 88587: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 15.04.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet.1 Marsh 1881 theropod
ALCH 2, 3
 Theropoda - Grallatoridae
Eubrontes sp.2 Hitchcock 1845 theropod
 Theropoda -
Kayentapus sp.1 Welles 1971 theropod
ALCH 1; originally assigned to Eubrontes sp.