Acqua del Ghiffo, Cava superior beds (PIMUZ collection) (Triassic of Switzerland)

Where: Switzerland (45.9° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 8.8° N, 20.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Meride Formation, Fassanian (242.0 - 235.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified lime mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Repository: Paläontologisches Institut und Museum der Universität Zürich (PIMUZ)

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 180689: 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