Where: Switzerland (45.9° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 8.8° N, 20.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Kalkschiefer Member (Meride Formation), Longobardian (242.0 - 235.0 Ma)
• Uppermost Ladinian, lower Kalkschiefer zone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collection methods: Repository: Museu Cantonale di Storia Naturale di Lugano, Lugano, Italy
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 148423: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 20.07.2013, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Gigamachilis triassicus n. gen. n. sp.5
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Archetingis ladinica n. gen. n. sp.6
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Tintorina meridensis n. gen. n. sp.
Tintorina meridensis n. gen. n. sp. Krzemiński and Lombardo 2001 mayfly MCSN 4666 (col. 1998), 5001 (coll. 2000)
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Osteichthyes | |
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Pacorichthys sangiorgii n. gen. n. sp.3
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Actinopteri | |
Sangiorgioichthys aldae n. gen.8
Sangiorgioichthys aldae n. gen.8 Tintori and Lombardo 2007 | |
Felberia excelsa n. gen. n. sp.4
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Osteichthyes | |
Caelatichthys meridensis n. sp.2
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