"Lavini di Marco" - Deposit with Dinosaur Tracks

"Lavini di Marco" - Deposit with Dinosaur Tracks
Nation: Italy
Region: Trentino Alto Adige
Province: Trento
Municipality: Rovereto
Locality: Lavini di Marco -Val Lagarina

Severak dinosaur tracks were found in the deposit on a steep crack (having a length of two hundred metres and a width of about six metres) belonging to a stratum surface composed of Grey Limestones of the Lower Jurassic (Lias). Various trails are actual well-preserved and visible walking tracks. Fossil tracks are left by Carnosaurus Ornithischia and Theropods.

Constraint: Protected area according to L.P. 31/10/1983 no. 37 and L. 1/6/1939 no. 1089

Point of interest: vast surface with over 1,000 discovered tracks

Deterioration risk: limited

Bibliography:

Leonardi G. e Mietto P. (eds.) 2000 - Dinosauri in Italia. Le orme giurassiche dei Lavini di Marco (Trentino) e gli altri resti fossili italiani. 494 pp., Accademia Editoriale Pisa-Roma

Leonardi G. e Avanzini M., 1994 - Dinosauri in Italia. Le Scienze, Quaderni, 76: 68-91, Milano