Alplihorn, Kanton Graubünden (Triassic of Switzerland)

Where: Switzerland (46.8° N, 9.6° E: paleocoordinates 31.5° N, 14.4° E)

When: Kössen Formation, Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Paläontologisches Institut und Museum der Universität Zürich, Switzerland.

Primary reference: C. J. Duffin and H. Furrer. 1981. Myriacanthid holocephalan remains from the Rhaetian (Upper Triassic) and Hettangian (Lower Jurassic) of Graubünden (Switzerland). Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 74:803-829 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 138954: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 04.02.2013

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Chimaeriformes - Myriacanthidae
Agkistracanthus sp. Duffin and Furrer 1981 chimaera
PIMUZ A/I 870