Point 902, Monte San Giorgio, Bed 175: Fassanian, Switzerland
collected by Peyer 1950-1968

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri
1 specimen
Ticinolepis crassidens López-Arbarello et al. 2016
1 specimen
PIMUZ T 401
see common names

Geography
Country:Switzerland
Coordinates: 45.9° North, 8.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:8.8° North, 20.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Middle Triassic
Stage:Ladinian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 2
Key time interval:Fassanian Ammonoid zone: Curionii
Age range of interval:242.00000 - 239.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Besano Member:Grenzbitumenzone
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified dolomite
Secondary lithology:black lithified "shale"
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Peyer Collection dates:1950-1968
Collection method comments: "Tessin collection" of the Palaontologisches Institut und Museum der Universitat Zurich (PIMUZ T. numbers), collected intensively from 1950-1968.
Metadata
Database number:141614
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:P. Vazquez, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-03-29 13:14:33 Last modified:2022-06-17 20:12:11
Access level:the public Released:2013-03-29 13:14:33
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
59894. 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]