Where: Switzerland (45.9° N, 9.0° E: paleocoordinates 7.9° N, 20.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Meride Formation, Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)
• From the Upper Meride Limestone, but below the Kalkschieferzone.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collected by David Cook in 1995
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float),
• 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 180687: 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 |