Meride D, Val Mara, Monte San Giorgio (MCSN): Longobardian, Switzerland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Perleidiformes - Polzbergiidae
Felberia excelsa n. gen., n. sp. Lombardo and Tintori 2004
Lombardo and Tintori 2004 16 specimens
MCSN 5034a-b, 5035-49
Actinopteri
Sangiorgioichthys n. gen. aldae Tintori and Lombardo 2007
Tintori and Lombardo 2007
Palaeonisciformes
Caelatichthys meridensis n. sp. Lombardo 2002
Lombardo 2002 12 specimens
MCSN 5003, 3150, 3153, 5004-5011
unclassified
Pacorichthys sangiorgii n. gen., n. sp. Lombardo 2013
Lombardo 2013 2 specimens
MCSNL 5036a-b
Ionoscopiformes - Subortichthyidae
Allolepidotus bellottii (Rueppell 1857)
Lombardo 2001 1 specimen
MCSN 3126
Insecta - Tintorinidae
Tintorina meridensis n. gen., n. sp. Krzemiński and Lombardo 2001
2 specimens
MCSN 4666 (col. 1998), 5001 (coll. 2000) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Tingidae
Archetingis ladinica n. gen., n. sp. Montagna et al. 2018
Montagna et al. 2018 1 specimen
MCSN 8459 (bed 18)
Insecta - Coleoptera
Praedodromeus sangiorgiensis n. gen., n. sp. Strada et al. 2014
Strada et al. 2014 1 specimen
MCSN 8451 (1 measurement)
Notocupes sp. Ponomarenko 1964
1 specimen
MCSN 5002 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Archaeognatha - Machilidae
Gigamachilis triassicus n. gen., n. sp. Montagna et al. 2017
Montagna et al. 2017 2 specimens
MCSN 8463, 8466 (1 measurement)
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:Longobardian
Age range of interval:239.70000 - 237.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Meride Member:Kalkschiefer
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Uppermost Ladinian, lower Kalkschiefer zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal Tectonic setting:passive margin
Geology comments: Passive margin influenced by sinistral transtention.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,adpression
Lagerst�tten type:conservation
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Museu Cantonale di Storia Naturale di Lugano, Lugano, Italy
Metadata
Database number:148423
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:P. Vazquez, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology,vertebrate
Created:2013-07-20 07:39:39 Last modified:2020-05-09 10:29:08
Access level:the public Released:2013-07-20 07:39:39
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
49140. W. Krzemiński and C. Lombardo. 2001. New fossil Ephemeroptera and Coleoptera from the Ladinian (Middle Triassic) of Canton Ticino (Switzerland). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 107:69-78 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

39847 C. Lombardo. 2001. Actinopterygians from the Middle Triassic of Northern Italy and Canton Ticino (Switzerland): Anatomical Descriptions and Nomenclatural Problems. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 107(3):345-369 [M. Clapham/P. Elliott/M. Clapham]
47756 C. Lombardo. 2002. Caelatichthys gen. n.: a new palaeonisciform from the Middle Triassic of Northern Italy and Canton Ticino (Switzerland). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 108:399-414 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez]
49818 C. Lombardo. 2013. A new basal actinopterygian fish from the Late Ladinian of Monte San Giorgio (Canton Ticino, Switzerland). Swiss Journal of Geosciences 106:219-230 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham]
47661 C. Lombardo and A. Tintori. 2004. New perleidiformes from the Triassic of the Southern Alps and the revision of Serrolepis from the Triassic of Württemberg (Germany). In G. Arratia & A. Tintori (ed.), Mesozoic Fishes 3 - Systematics, Paleoenvironments and Biodiversity 3:179-196 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez]
62090 M. Montagna, J. T. Haug, L. Strada, C. Haug, M. Felber and A. Tintori. 2017. Central nervous system and muscular bundles preserved in a 240 million year old giant bristletail (Archaeognatha: Machilidae). Scientific Reports 7(46016):1-9 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
64697 M. Montagna, L. Strada, P. Dioli and A. Tintori. 2018. The Middle Triassic Lagerstätte of Monte San Giorgio reveals the oldest lace bugs (Hemiptera: Tingidae): Archetingis ladinica gen. n. sp. n. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 124:35-44 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
52394 L. Strada, M. Montagna, and A. Tintori. 2014. A new genus and species of the family Trachypachidae (Coleoptera, Adephaga) from the upper Ladinian (Middle Triassic) of Monte San Giorgio. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 120:183-190 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
37553 A. Tintori and C. Lombardo. 2007. A new early Semionotidae (Semionotiformes, Actinopterygii) from the upper Ladinian of Monte San Giorgio area (southern Switzerland and norther Italy). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 113(3):369-381 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]