Valle di Sceltrich (Triassic of Switzerland)

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
 Holostei -
Ticinolepis longaeva López-Arbarello et al. 2016
 Semionotiformes - Macrosemiidae
Eosemionotus sceltrichensis n. sp.1 López-Arbarello et al. 2019
MCSN 8418, 8491, 8494, 8497
Eosemionotus minutus n. sp.1 López-Arbarello et al. 2019
MCSN 8482
Osteichthyes
 Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae
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