Where: Switzerland (45.9° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 7.8° N, 20.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Curionii ammonoid zone, Grenzbitumenzone Member (Besano Formation), Fassanian (242.0 - 235.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified dolomite and lithified, black shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collected by B. Peyer, PIMUZ in 1950-1968
Collection methods: quarrying,
• "Tessin collection" of the Palaontologisches Institut und Museum der Universitat Zurich (PIMUZ T. numbers), collected intensively from 1950-1968.
Primary reference: A. López-Arbarello, T. Bürgin, H. Furrer and R. Stockar. 2016. New holostean fishes (Actinopterygii: Neopterygii) from the Middle Triassic of the Monte San Giorgio (Canton Ticino, Switzerland). PeerJ 4(e2234):1-61 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 180481: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.07.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Ticinolepis sp. López-Arbarello et al. 2016 |