PBDB Collection

Point 902, Monte San Giorgio, unspecified bed: Illyrian - Fassanian, Switzerland
collected by B. Peyer, PIMUZ 1950-1968

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Reptilia - Helveticosauridae

	Helveticosaurus zollingeri Peyer 1955	Rieppel 1989	3 specimens
	PIMZ T 4352, PIMZ T 4353, PIMZ T 4354
Reptilia - Tanystropheidae

	Macrocnemus cf. fuyuanensis Li et al. 2007	Jaquier et al. 2017
	PIMUZ T 1559, partial skeleton

	Macrocnemus bassanii (Nopcsa 1930)	Rieppel 1989
	PIMUZ T 1534, PIMUZ T 2470, both disarticulated postcrania
Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae

	Lariosaurus buzzii n. sp. Tschanz 1989	Rieppel 1998	1 specimen
	Holotype skeleton (PMZ T2804)
Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Pachypleurosauridae

	Serpianosaurus mirigiolensis n. gen., n. sp. Rieppel 1989	Rieppel 1989	5 specimens
	PIMUZ T 81, 96, 951, 3931 (type, formerly referred to Phygosaurus), 3933
Reptilia - Thalattosauria - Askeptosauridae

	Askeptosaurus italicus Nopsca 1925	Müller 2005	5 specimens
	PIMUZ T 4831, PIMUZ T 4832, PIMUZ T 4839, PIMUZ T 4842, PIMUZ T 4846
Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Latimeriidae

	Ticinepomis peyeri n. gen., n. sp. Rieppel 1980	Rieppel 1980	1 specimen
	PIMUZ T3925
Luganoiiformes - Luganoiidae

	Luganoia lepidosteoides Brough 1939	Bürgin 1992	1 specimen
Ptycholepiformes - Ptycholepididae

	Ptycholepis barboi Bassani 1886	Bürgin 1992	20 specimens

	Ptycholepis priscus Bürgin 1992	Bürgin 1992	5 specimens

	Ptycholepis schaefferi Bürgin 1992	Bürgin 1992	1 specimen
Pholidopleuriformes - Pholidopleuridae

	Pholidopleurus sp. Bronn 1858	Bürgin 1992	3 specimens

	Pholidopleurus ticinensis Bürgin 1992	Bürgin 1992	6 specimens
Pholidopleuriformes

	Gracilignathichthys microlepis Bürgin 1992	Bürgin 1992	2 specimens

	Gracilignathichthys cf. microlepis Bürgin 1992	Bürgin 1992	1 specimen
	PIMUZ T.153
Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae

	Gyrolepis sp. Agassiz 1833	Bürgin 1992	1 specimen
Actinopteri - Peltopleuriformes - Peltopleuridae

	Peltopleurus cf. nothocephalus Bürgin 1992	Bürgin 1992	1 specimen

	Peltopleurus lissocephalus Brough 1939	Bürgin 1992	8 specimens

	Peltoperleidus elongignathus n. sp. Bürgin 1992	Bürgin 1992	2 specimens
	recombined as Altisolepis elongignathus
Actinopteri - Peltopleuriformes - Wushaichthyidae

	Peripeltopleurus hypsisomus Bürgin 1992	Bürgin 1992	4 specimens

	Peripeltopleurus vexillipinnis n. gen., n. sp. Bürgin 1992	Bürgin 1992	30 specimens

	Peripeltopleurus cf. vexillipinnis Bürgin 1992	Bürgin 1992	9 specimens
Actinopteri - Louwoichthyiformes - Peltoperleididae

	Peltoperleidus bellipinnis n. sp. Bürgin 1992	Bürgin 1992	4 specimens

	Peltoperleidus macrodontus Bürgin 1992	Bürgin 1992	1 specimen
Actinopteri - Louwoichthyiformes - Louwoichthyidae

	Ctenognathichthys bellottii (de Alessandri 1910)	Bürgin 1992	6 specimens
Actinopteri - Perleidiformes - Perleididae

	Dipteronotus ornatus n. sp. Bürgin 1992	Bürgin 1992	1 specimen

	Aetheodontus besanensis Brough 1939	Bürgin 1992	1 specimen

	Meridensia meridensis (de Alessandri 1910)	Bürgin 1992	3 specimens
Actinopteri - Perleidiformes - Habroichthyidae

	Habroichthys sp. Brough 1939	Bürgin 1992	3 specimens

	Habroichthys minimus Brough 1939	Bürgin 1992	14 specimens

	Habroichthys griffithi n. sp. Bürgin 1992	Bürgin 1992	27 specimens
Actinopteri - Semionotiformes - Macrosemiidae

	Eosemionotus ceresiensis n. sp. Bürgin 2004	Bürgin 2004	8 specimens
	PIMUZ T357, 319, 328-9, 236, 245, 334, 815
Cephalopoda - Phragmoteuthida - Phragmoteuthididae

	? Phragmoteuthis ticinensis n. sp. Rieber 1970		1 specimen
	PIMUZ N/1
see common names

Geography

Country:	Switzerland
Coordinates:	45.9° North, 8.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	7.8° North, 20.8° East
Basis of coordinate:	estimated from map
Geographic resolution:	outcrop

Time

Period:	Triassic	Epoch:	Middle Triassic
10 m.y. bin:	Triassic 2
Key time interval:	Illyrian - Fassanian
Age range of interval:	243.80000 - 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:	B. Peyer, PIMUZ	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

Also known as:	Mirigioli
Database number:	122057
Authorizer:	M. Clapham	Enterer:	M. Clapham, P. Vazquez
Modifier:	M. Clapham	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	2011-12-15 16:32:27	Last modified:	2022-06-17 20:22:26
Access level:	the public	Released:	2011-12-15 16:32:27
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

44852.

H. Rieber. 1970. Phragmoteuthis ? ticinensis n. sp., ein Coleoidea-Rest aus der Grenzbitumenzone (Mittlere Trias) des Monte San Giorgio (Kt. Tessin, Schweiz). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 44:32-40 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

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]
47670		T. Bürgin. 2004. Eosemionotus ceresiensis sp. nov., a new semionotiform fish (Actinopterygii, Halecostomi) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio (Southern Switzerland). In G. Arratia & A. Tintori (ed.), Mesozoic Fishes 3 - Systematics, Paleoenvironments and Biodiversity 3:239-251 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez]
66844		V. P. Jaquier, N. C. Fraser, H. Furrer and T. M. Scheyer. 2017. Osteology of a New Specimen of Macrocnemus aff. M. fuyuanensis (Archosauromorpha, Protorosauria) from the Middle Triassic of Europe: Potential Implications for Species Recognition and Paleogeography of Tanystropheid Protorosaurs. Frontiers in Earth Science 5:91 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]
57200		J. Müller. 2005. The anatomy of Askeptosaurus italicus from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio and the interrelationships of thalattosaurs (Reptilia, Diapsida). Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 42:1347-1367 [M. Uhen/A. Jukar]
45218		O. Rieppel. 1980. A new coelacanth from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 73:921-939 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
29226		O. Rieppel. 1989. A new pachypleurosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences 323(1212):1-73 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/M. Uhen]
66174		O. Rieppel. 1989. Helveticosaurus zollingeri Peyer (Reptilia, Diapsida) skeletal paedomorphosis, functional anatomy and systematic affinities. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 208:123-152 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd]
66845		O. Rieppel. 1989. The Hind Limb of Macrocnemus bassanii (Nopcsa) (Reptilia, Diapsida): Development and Functional Anatomy. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(4):373-387 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]
44173		O. Rieppel. 1998. The status of the sauropterygian reptile genera Ceresiosaurus, Lariosaurus, and Silvestrosaurus from the Middle Triassic of Europe. Fieldiana: Geology, new series 38:1-46 [R. Benson/R. Benson]