Passo Palade tracksite: Anisian, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Dinosauromorpha indet.
Benton 1985
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Avanzini 2002 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| bipedal, tridactyl tracks ascribed to a non-dinosaurian archosaur similar to Lagosuchus or Lagerpeton | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Rotodactylidae
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Rotodactylus sp.
Peabody 1948
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Avanzini 2002 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Chirotheriidae
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Parasynaptichnium sp.
Mietto 1987
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Avanzini 2002 | |||||||||
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Brachychirotherium sp.
Beurlen 1950
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Isochirotherium delicatum
Courel and Demathieu 1976
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Synaptichnium sp.
Nopcsa 1923
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Chirotherium ? barthii
Kaup 1835
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Reptilia
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Rhynchosauroides sp.
Maidwell 1911
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Geography
| Country: | Italy | State/province: | Trentino-Alto Adige |
| Coordinates: | 46.5° North, 11.1° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 6.5° North, 23.2° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
| Stage: | Anisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Anisian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 247.20000 - 242.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: possibly near the Pelsonian-Illyrian boundary | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red argillaceous sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | red siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "the trampled layers consist of red marly sandstones"; "thin-bedded, alternating siltstones, sandstones and marly dolomites. The most abundant footprint association occurs on dark red siltstones coated by a submillimeter-thick veil of yellow shale." | |
| Environment: | delta plain |
| Geology comments: "coastal delta mouth bars" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Gampenpass, Gampen Pass, Valle di Non | ||
| Database number: | 194584 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-06-22 16:48:16 | Last modified: | 2019-12-04 13:38:21 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-06-22 16:48:16 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 71138. | M. Avanzini. 2000. Synaptichnium tracks with skin impressions from the Anisian (Middle Triassic) of the Southern alps (Val di Non – Italy). Ichnos 7(4):243-251 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 66108 | M. Avanzini. 2002. Dinosauromorph tracks from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) of the Southern Alps (Valle di Non – Italy). Bolletino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 41(1):37-40 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |