Where: Switzerland (45.9° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 7.0° N, 21.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Grenzbitumenzone Member (Besano Formation), Illyrian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, carbonaceous dolomite
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collected in 1935
Collection methods: quarrying,
• "Tessin collection" of the Palaontologisches Institut und Museum der Universitat Zurich (PIMUZ T. numbers), begun in 1924 by Berhard Peyer and collected through at least 1968.
Primary reference: O. Rieppel. 1981. The hybodontiform sharks from the Middle Triassic of Mte. San Giorgio, Switzerland. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 161:324-353 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 132290: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 11.08.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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