Calcare di Zorzino

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.

Calcare di Zorzino
Stratigraphic range: Norian (Alaunian)[1] ~216.6–212 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geological formation
Underlies	Argilliti di Riva di Solta
Overlies	Dolomia Principale
Lithology
Primary	Limestone
Other	Marl
Location
Coordinates	45.8°N 9.8°E / 45.8; 9.8
Approximate paleocoordinates	27.1°N 13.8°E / 27.1; 13.8
Region	Lombardy
Country	Italy
Type section
Named for	Zorzino
Calcare di Zorzino (Italy)

Vertebrate paleofauna

Pterosaurs of the Zorzino Limestone
Taxa	Presence	Notes	Images
Genus: Eudimorphodon[1] E. ranzii[1]	Cene[1]
Genus: Peteinosaurus[1] P. zambellii[1]	Cene[1]
Genus: ?Preondactylus[1] Possible Preondactylus remains of indeterminate species[1]	Endenna[1]
Genus: Sclerostropheus[3] S. fossai (originally Tanystropheus fossai)[3]
Genus: Bergamodactylus[4]

Other reptiles

• Aetosaurus ferratus
• Drepanosaurus unguicaudatus
• Endennasaurus acutirostris
• Langobardisaurus pandolfii
• Megalancosaurus endennae
• M. preonensis
• Mystriosuchus planirostris
• Psephoderma alpinum
• Vallesaurus cenensis
• V. zorzinensis
• Diphydontosaurus sp.
• ?Mystriosuchus sp.
• ?Theropoda indet.

Fish

• Brembodus ridens
• Dandya ovalis
• Dapedium noricum
• Gibbodon cenensis
• Legnonotus krambergeri
• Parapholidophorus nybelini
• Pholidoctenus serianus
• Pholidorhynchodon malzannii
• Pseudodalatias barnstonensis
• Sargodon tomicus