Ladinian Stage

The Ladinian stage is a geologic time period from 242 to 235 million years ago, during the Middle Triassic period.

Click here for a map of the world during the Ladinian.

Gondwana
During the Triassic all continents were fused together into the supercontinent Pangea. The following species have been uncovered from the southern parts of this continent, named Gondwana, that includes modern-day South America, Africa, Antarctica and Australia.

Argentina
Middle Triassic fauna are relatively well-documented from formations in Patagonia, a region in southern Argentina also renowned for its extensive dinosaur fossils that date to the Late Cretaceous.

Dinosauromorphs

Several species of dinosauromorph are known from the region of Patagonia in Argentina and have been dated to the Ladinian. These include:

Lagerpeton 

Lagosuchus 

Therapsids

Exaeretodon

Northern Pangea
Northern Pangea includes modern-day Europe, North America and Asia.

Europe
Several Ladinian-age species have been found in Europe. Europe was split into two by a narrow sea and was attached to North America; however. Present-day Italy, Spain and France would have been on the other side of this sea than the rest of Europe.

Placodonts

Placodonts are a group of specialized marine sauropterigians.

Paraplacodus (found in northern Italy)

Cyamodus (found in Germany)