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Zorzino Limestone

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

Vertebrate paleofauna

Pterosaurs of the Zorzino Limestone
Taxa Presence Notes Images

Genus:

  1. E. ranzii
Cene

Genus:

  1. P. zambellii
Cene

Genus:

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

Other reptiles

Fish

References

  1. ^ Wellnhofer, 1991, p.67
  2. ^ Zorzino Limestone at Fossilworks.org
  3. ^ 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

  • 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