Cava Tre Fontane, Tessin collection, Monte San Giorgio: Illyrian, Switzerland
collected by B. Peyer, PIMUZ

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Cymbospondylidae
Cymbospondylus buchseri n. sp. Sander 1989
1 individual
PIMUZ T 4351
Actinopteri - Perleidiformes - Perleididae
Meridensia meridensis (de Alessandri 1910)
Bürgin 1992 8 specimens
Actinopteri - Louwoichthyiformes - Louwoichthyidae
Ctenognathichthys bellottii (de Alessandri 1910)
Bürgin 1992 1 specimen
Actinopteri - Peltopleuriformes - Peltopleuridae
Peltopleurus lissocephalus Brough 1939
Bürgin 1992 1 specimen
Platysiagum minus Brough 1939
Bürgin 1992 2 specimens
Palaeonisciformes - Bobasatraniidae
Bobasatrania ceresiensis Bürgin 1992
Bürgin 1992 1 specimen
Ptycholepiformes - Ptycholepididae
Ptycholepis schaefferi Bürgin 1992
Bürgin 1992 4 specimens
Ptycholepis barboi Bassani 1886
Bürgin 1992 9 specimens
Ptycholepis magnus Bürgin 1992
Bürgin 1992 1 specimen
Pholidopleuriformes - Pholidopleuridae
Pholidopleurus ticinensis Bürgin 1992
Bürgin 1992 3 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus cf. plicatilis Agassiz 1834
Rieppel 1981 1 specimen
PIMUZ T3824
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae
? Acrodus lateralis Agassiz 1839
Rieppel 1981 1 specimen
PIMUZ T8342
see common names

Geography
Country:Switzerland
Coordinates: 45.9° North, 8.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:7.0° North, 21.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Middle Triassic
Stage:Anisian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 2
Key time interval:Illyrian
Age range of interval:243.80000 - 242.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Besano Member:Grenzbitumenzone
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:planar lamination lithified carbonaceous dolomite
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:preferred
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Fragmentation:frequent
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:B. Peyer, PIMUZ
Collection method comments: "Tessin collection" of the Palaontologisches Institut und Museum der Universitat Zurich (PIMUZ T. numbers), begun in 1924 by Berhard Peyer and collected through at least 1968. Ichthyosaur Cymbospondylus collected in 1927.
Metadata
Database number:98104
Authorizer:M. Carrano, M. Clapham Enterer:H. Street, P. Vazquez, M. Clapham
Modifier:J. Tennant Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-09-20 13:24:01 Last modified:2013-05-06 07:48:31
Access level:the public Released:2010-09-20 13:24:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
33922. P. M. Sander. 1989. The large ichthyosaur Cymbospondylus buchseri, sp. nov. from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland), with a survey of the genus in Europe. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(2):163-173 [M. Carrano/H. Street/H. Street]

Secondary references:

38853 T. Bürgin. 1992. Basal ray-finned fishes (Osteichthyes; Actinopterygii) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio (Canton Tessin, Switzerland). Schweizerische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 114:1-164 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
42588 O. Rieppel. 1981. The hybodontiform sharks from the Middle Triassic of Mte. San Giorgio, Switzerland. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 161:324-353 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham]
46676 P. M. Sander. 2000. Ichthyosauria: their diversity, distribution and phylogeny. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 74(1/2):1-35 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]