The Calcare di Zorzino, Italian for Zorzino Limestone is a Late Triassic (Norian) geological formation in Italy (Cene and Endenna).[2] Pterosaurs, drepanosaurs, and other reptiles have been recovered in this formation.
| Calcare di Zorzino | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Norian (Alaunian)[1] ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Argilliti di Riva di Solta |
| Overlies | Dolomia Principale |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Marl |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 45°48′N 9°48′E / 45.8°N 9.8°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 27°06′N 13°48′E / 27.1°N 13.8°E |
| Region | Lombardy |
| Country | Italy |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Zorzino |
  Calcare di Zorzino (Italy) | |
Paleobiota
edit| Pterosaurs of the Zorzino Limestone | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Taxa | Locality | Notes | Images |
| Eudimorphodon ranzi[1] | Cene[1] |  | |
| Peteinosaurus zambellii[1] | Cene[1] | ||
| ?Preondactylus?[1] | Endenna[1] | Possible Preondactylus remains of an indeterminate species[1] | |
| Bergamodactylus[3] |  | ||
Other reptiles
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editReferences
edit- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Wellnhofer, 1991, p.67
- ↑ Zorzino Limestone at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Kellner, Alexander W.A. (2015). "Comments on Triassic pterosaurs with discussion about ontogeny and description of new taxa". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 87 (2): 669–689. doi:10.1590/0001-3765201520150307. ISSN 0001-3765.
Bibliography
edit- Spiekman, Stephan; Scheyer, Torsten (2019), "A taxonomic revision of the genus Tanystropheus (Archosauromorpha, Tanystropheidae)", Palaeontologia Electronica, doi:10.26879/1038
- Wellnhofer, Peter (1991), Summary of Triassic Pterosaurs, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Pterosaurs, London, UK: Salamander Books Limited, p. 67, ISBN 0-86101-566-5
- Pinna, G.; Nosotti, S. (1989), "Anatomia, morfologia funzionale e paleoecologia del rettile placodonte Psephoderma alpiunum Meyer, 1858", Memorie della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Milano, 25: 1–50
- Zambelli, R (1973), "Eudimorphodon ranzii gen. nov., sp. nov., uno pterosauro Triassico", Rendiconti Scienze di Instituto Lombardo, B, 107: 27–32