Ducanfurgga 10 (PIMUZ) (Triassic of Switzerland)

Where: Switzerland (46.7° N, 9.8° E: paleocoordinates 9.1° N, 21.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Prosanto Formation, Fassanian (242.0 - 235.0 Ma)

• middle part of the Prosanto Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified lime mudstone

• The fossiliferous layers are thinly bedded and laminated.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by Christian Obrist in 2006

Collection methods: mechanical, acetic

• Repository: Paleontological Institute and Museum of the University of Zurich (PIMUZ)

Primary reference: L. Cavin, H. Furrer, and C. Obrist. 2013. New coelacanth material from the Middle Triassic of eastern Switzerland, and comments on the taxic diversity of actinistans. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 106:161-177 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 153771: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 13.01.2014, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

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Coelacanthimorpha
 Coelacanthiformes - Latimeriidae
Ticinepomis ducanensis n. sp.
Ticinepomis ducanensis n. sp. Ferrante et al. 2023 coelacanth
PIMUZ A/I 2985