Val Serrata Tanystropheus: Ladinian, Switzerland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Tanystropheidae
Tanystropheus cf. longobardicus (Bassani 1886)
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]