Point 902, Monte San Giorgio, Bed 118: Illyrian, Switzerland
collected 1957
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
|
Coelacanthimorpha
- Coelacanthiformes
- Latimeriidae
|
||||||||||
|
Rieppelia heinzfurreri
Ferrante and Cavin 2023
|
Ferrante and Cavin 2023 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
| PIMUZ T 1271, 1288, 1321, 1325 | ||||||||||
|
Chondrichthyes
|
||||||||||
|
Acronemus n. gen. tuberculatus
(Bassani 1886)
|
||||||||||
| 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: | outcrop |
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: | 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 | Collection dates: | 1957 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 117944 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | T. Wolfe, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-09-29 08:11:51 | Last modified: | 2022-06-17 20:09:24 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-09-29 08:11:51 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 37909. | O. Rieppel. 1982. A new genus of shark from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland. Palaeontology 25(2):399-412 [M. Clapham/T. Wolfe/T. Wolfe] |
Secondary references:
| 85294 | C. Ferrante and L. Cavin. 2023. Early Mesozoic burst of morphological disparity in the slow‑evolving coelacanth fish lineage. Scientific Reports 13(11356) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 37908 | J. Maisey. 2010. The Braincase of the Middle Triassic Shark Acronemus tuberculatus (Bassani, 1886). Palaeontology 54:417-428 [M. Clapham/P. Elliott/M. Clapham] |