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Calcare di Zorzino

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Coordinates: 45°48′N 9°48′E / 45.8°N 9.8°E / 45.8; 9.8
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Calcare di Zorzino
Stratigraphic range: Norian (Alaunian)[1]
~216.6–212 Ma
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TypeGeological formation
UnderliesArgilliti di Riva di Solta
OverliesDolomia Principale
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
OtherMarl
Location
Coordinates45°48′N 9°48′E / 45.8°N 9.8°E / 45.8; 9.8
Approximate paleocoordinates27°06′N 13°48′E / 27.1°N 13.8°E / 27.1; 13.8
RegionLombardy
CountryItaly
Type section
Named forZorzino
Calcare di Zorzino is located in Italy
Calcare di Zorzino
Calcare di Zorzino (Italy)

The Calcare di Zorzino, Italian for Zorzino Limestone is a Late Triassic (Norian) geological formation in Italy (Cene and Endenna [it]).[2] Pterosaurs and Tanystropheids have been recovered in this formation.

Vertebrate paleofauna

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Pterosaurs of the Zorzino Limestone
Taxa Presence Notes Images

Genus:

  1. E. ranzii[1]
 Cene[1]

Genus:

  1. P. zambellii[1]
 Cene[1]

Genus:

  1. Possible Preondactylus remains of indeterminate species[1]
 Endenna[1]
Genus:
  1. S. fossai (originally Tanystropheus fossai)[3]
Genus:

Other reptiles

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Fish

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Wellnhofer, 1991, p.67
  2. ^ Zorzino Limestone at Fossilworks.org
  3. ^ a b Spiekman & Scheyer, 2019
  4. ^ 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

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  • 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
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