PBDB Collection

Point 902, Monte San Giorgio, unspecified bed (Triassic to of Switzerland)

Also known as Mirigioli

Where: Switzerland (45.9° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 7.8° N, 20.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Grenzbitumenzone Member (Besano Formation), Illyrian to Illyrian (247.2 - 235.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified dolomite and lithified, black shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by B. Peyer, PIMUZ in 1950-1968

Collection methods: quarrying,

• "Tessin collection" of the Palaontologisches Institut und Museum der Universitat Zurich (PIMUZ T. numbers), collected intensively from 1950-1968.

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122057: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.12.2011, edited by Priscilla Vazquez

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Taxonomic list

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Osteichthyes
Pholidopleuriformes -	Gracilignathichthys microlepis¹, Gracilignathichthys cf. microlepis¹ Gracilignathichthys microlepis¹ Bürgin 1992 ray-finned fish Gracilignathichthys cf. microlepis¹ Bürgin 1992 ray-finned fish PIMUZ T.153
Pholidopleuriformes - Pholidopleuridae	Pholidopleurus sp.¹, Pholidopleurus ticinensis¹ Pholidopleurus sp.¹ Bronn 1858 ray-finned fish Pholidopleurus ticinensis¹ Bürgin 1992 ray-finned fish
Luganoiiformes - Luganoiidae	Luganoia lepidosteoides¹ Luganoia lepidosteoides¹ Brough 1939 ray-finned fish
Ptycholepiformes - Ptycholepididae	Ptycholepis schaefferi¹, Ptycholepis priscus¹, Ptycholepis barboi¹ Ptycholepis schaefferi¹ Bürgin 1992 ray-finned fish Ptycholepis priscus¹ Bürgin 1992 ray-finned fish Ptycholepis barboi¹ Bassani 1886 ray-finned fish
Actinopteri
Perleidiformes - Perleididae	Meridensia meridensis¹, Dipteronotus ornatus n. sp.¹, Aetheodontus besanensis¹ Meridensia meridensis¹ de Alessandri 1910 Dipteronotus ornatus n. sp.¹ Bürgin 1992 Aetheodontus besanensis¹ Brough 1939
Perleidiformes - Habroichthyidae	Habroichthys sp.¹, Habroichthys griffithi n. sp.¹, Habroichthys minimus¹ Habroichthys sp.¹ Brough 1939 Habroichthys griffithi n. sp.¹ Bürgin 1992 Habroichthys minimus¹ Brough 1939
Louwoichthyiformes - Louwoichthyidae	Ctenognathichthys bellottii¹ Ctenognathichthys bellottii¹ de Alessandri 1910
Louwoichthyiformes - Peltoperleididae	Peltoperleidus macrodontus¹, Peltoperleidus bellipinnis n. sp.¹ Peltoperleidus macrodontus¹ Bürgin 1992 Peltoperleidus bellipinnis n. sp.¹ Bürgin 1992
Peltopleuriformes - Peltopleuridae	Peltopleurus cf. nothocephalus¹, Peltopleurus lissocephalus¹, "Peltoperleidus elongignathus n. sp." = Altisolepis elongignathus¹ Peltopleurus cf. nothocephalus¹ Bürgin 1992 Peltopleurus lissocephalus¹ Brough 1939 "Peltoperleidus elongignathus n. sp." = Altisolepis elongignathus¹ Bürgin 1992
Peltopleuriformes - Wushaichthyidae	Peripeltopleurus vexillipinnis n. gen. n. sp.¹, Peripeltopleurus cf. vexillipinnis¹, Peripeltopleurus hypsisomus¹ Peripeltopleurus vexillipinnis n. gen. n. sp.¹ Bürgin 1992 Peripeltopleurus cf. vexillipinnis¹ Bürgin 1992 Peripeltopleurus hypsisomus¹ Bürgin 1992
Semionotiformes - Macrosemiidae	Eosemionotus ceresiensis n. sp.² Eosemionotus ceresiensis n. sp.² Bürgin 2004 PIMUZ T357, 319, 328-9, 236, 245, 334, 815
Osteichthyes
Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae	Gyrolepis sp.¹ Gyrolepis sp.¹ Agassiz 1833
Reptilia
Diapsida - Helveticosauridae	Helveticosaurus zollingeri⁷ Helveticosaurus zollingeri⁷ Peyer 1955 archosauromorph PIMZ T 4352, PIMZ T 4353, PIMZ T 4354
Diapsida - Tanystropheidae	Macrocnemus cf. fuyuanensis³, Macrocnemus bassanii⁸ Macrocnemus cf. fuyuanensis³ Li et al. 2007 archosauromorph PIMUZ T 1559, partial skeleton Macrocnemus bassanii⁸ Nopcsa 1930 archosauromorph PIMUZ T 1534, PIMUZ T 2470, both disarticulated postcrania
Thalattosauria - Askeptosauridae	Askeptosaurus italicus⁴ Askeptosaurus italicus⁴ Nopsca 1925 diapsid PIMUZ T 4831, PIMUZ T 4832, PIMUZ T 4839, PIMUZ T 4842, PIMUZ T 4846
Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae	Lariosaurus buzzii n. sp.⁹ Lariosaurus buzzii n. sp.⁹ Tschanz 1989 diapsid Holotype skeleton (PMZ T2804)
Eosauropterygia - Pachypleurosauridae	Serpianosaurus mirigiolensis n. gen. n. sp.⁶ Serpianosaurus mirigiolensis n. gen. n. sp.⁶ Rieppel 1989 diapsid PIMUZ T 81, 96, 951, 3931 (type, formerly referred to Phygosaurus), 3933
Coelacanthimorpha
Coelacanthiformes - Latimeriidae	Ticinepomis peyeri n. gen. n. sp.⁵ Ticinepomis peyeri n. gen. n. sp.⁵ Rieppel 1980 coelacanth PIMUZ T3925
Cephalopoda
Phragmoteuthida - Phragmoteuthididae	? Phragmoteuthis ticinensis n. sp. ? Phragmoteuthis ticinensis n. sp. Rieber 1970 belemnite PIMUZ N/1

¹Bürgin 1992; ²Bürgin 2004; ³Jaquier et al. 2017; ⁴Müller 2005; ⁵Rieppel 1980; ⁶Rieppel 1989; ⁷Rieppel 1989; ⁸Rieppel 1989; ⁹Rieppel 1998