Where: Switzerland (45.9° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 8.0° N, 20.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Meride Formation, Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)
• Sceltrich beds, upper Meride Limestone (transitional interval Gredleri/Archelaus Zones; lower/upper Ladinian)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, carbonaceous lime mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collected in 2012
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Repository: Museo Cantonale di Storia Naturale (Lugano)
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 180686: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.07.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Ticinolepis longaeva López-Arbarello et al. 2016 | |
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Osteichthyes | |
Saurichthys sceltrichensis n. sp.2
Saurichthys sceltrichensis n. sp.2 Renesto et al. 2021 ray-finned fish MCSN 8318, 8347, 8428, 8429, 8449, 8450, 8480, 8481, 8485-8488, 8505, 8506, 8604-8607
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