Calcare di Zorzino

Geological formation in Italy
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
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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

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]

Other reptiles

Fish

References

  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

Bibliography

  • doi:10.26879/1038
  • Wellnhofer, Peter. 1991. Summary of Triassic Pterosaurs, 67. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Pterosaurs, London, UK: Salamander Books Limited. ISBN 0-86101-566-5
  • Pinna, G., and S. Nosotti. 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. .