Monte San Giorgio (MSNM collection) (Triassic to of Switzerland)

Where: Switzerland (45.9° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 7.5° N, 21.0° E)

When: Besano Formation, Anisian to Anisian (247.2 - 237.0 Ma)

• From the Grenzbitumenzone, Anisian-Ladinian boundary (Müller, 2005). Stratigraphy extrapolated from Stockar et al. 2012 Swiss J. Geosci.

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: Repository: MSNM, Museo di Scienze Naturali Milano, Italy

Primary reference: J. Müller. 2005. The anatomy of Askeptosaurus italicus from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio and the interrelationships of thalattosaurs (Reptilia, Diapsida). Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 42:1347-1367 [M. Uhen/A. Jukar]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 174993: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Advait Jukar on 01.12.2015

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Thalattosauria - Askeptosauridae
Askeptosaurus italicus Nopsca 1925 diapsid