Val Serrata Tanystropheus: Ladinian, Switzerland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Tanystropheidae
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Tanystropheus cf. longobardicus
(Bassani 1886)
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original and current combination Tribelesodon longobardicus | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Switzerland | State/province: | Ticino |
Coordinates: | 45.9° North, 9.0° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 8.0° North, 20.6° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
Stage: | Ladinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 |
Key time interval: | Ladinian | ||
Age range of interval: | 242.00000 - 237.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Meride | Member: | Lower Cava Inferiore beds | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "from an isolated slab which had fallen from the side of the slope... very probably beds 29-30... which are of Early Ladinian age" |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
Lithology description: "an isolated slab" (presumably of limestone) | |
Environment: | open shallow subtidal |
Geology comments: "a marine, yet coastal environment that reflects more open water environments" than the under- and overlying "restricted and shallow carbonate platforms" |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,adpression,soft parts |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (float),survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Monte San Giorgio | ||
Database number: | 106697 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
Modifier: | G. Lloyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2011-03-27 21:43:07 | Last modified: | 2013-10-15 05:52:21 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-03-27 21:43:07 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
35651. | S. Renesto. 2005. A new specimen of Tanystropheus (Reptilia Protorosauria) from the Middle Triassic of Switzerland and the ecology of the genus. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 111(3):377-394 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |