Saltrio Formation - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Saltrio Formation is a geological formation in Italy. It dates back to the middle Sinemurian

Sinemurian

In the geologic timescale, the Sinemurian is an age or stage in the Early or Lower Jurassic epoch or series. It spans the time between 196.5 ± 2 Ma and 189.6 ± 1.5 Ma...

Vertebrate fauna

Dinosaur Dinosaur Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of... s of the Saltrio Formation
Taxa	Presence	Notes	Images
Unranked: Tetanurae Tetanurae Tetanurae, or "stiff tails", is a clade that includes most theropod dinosaurs, as well as birds. Tetanurans first appear during the early or middle Jurassic Period.-Definition:... Unnamed genus ("Saltriosaurus Saltriosaurus Saltriosaurus is the informal name for a theropod dinosaur that lived during the Jurassic period. It was found in 1996, when Angelo Zanella discovered its remains in a quarry in Saltrio, in northern Italy. Very little is known about the dinosaur... ")	Geographically present in Regione Lombardia, Italy.

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