Where: Switzerland (45.9° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 8.8° N, 20.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kalkschiefer Member (Meride Formation), Longobardian (242.0 - 235.0 Ma)

• Uppermost Ladinian, lower Kalkschiefer zone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Museo Cantonale di Storia Naturale di Lugano, Lugano, Italy (MCSN)

Primary reference: C. Lombardo, A. Tintori, and D. Tona. 2012. A new species of Sangiorgioichthys (Actinopterygii, Semionotiformes) from the Kalkschieferzone of Monte San Giorgio (Middle Triassic; Meride, Canton Ticino, Switzerland). Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 51:203-212 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 116569: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.09.2011

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