Point 902, Monte San Giorgio, Bed 148 (Triassic of Switzerland)

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

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Curionii ammonoid zone, Grenzbitumenzone Member (Besano Formation), Fassanian (242.0 - 235.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified dolomite

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: H. Rieber. 1973. Die Triasfauna der Tessiner Kalkalpen: XXII. Cephalopoden aus der Grenzbitumenzone (Mittlere Trias) des Monte San Giorgio (Kanton Tessin, Schweiz). Schweizerische Palaeontologische Abhandlungen 93:1-96 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 44709: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.09.2004, edited by Priscilla Vazquez

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Aulacoceratida - Xiphoteuthididae
? Mojsisovicsteuthis sp. Jeletzky 1966 belemnite
Actinopteri
 Holostei -
Ticinolepis sp.1 López-Arbarello et al. 2016
Osteichthyes
 Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae
Saurichthys curionii2 Bellotti 1857 ray-finned fish
PIMUZ T 835