Northeast ridge of Corn da Tinizong (Triassic to of Switzerland)

Where: Switzerland (46.6° N, 9.7° E: paleocoordinates 30.6° N, 14.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kössen Formation, Sevatian to Sevatian (212.0 - 201.3 Ma)

• Directly on the distinctive lithological boundary between the topmost main dolomite (Uglix-Plattenkalk) and the lowest Kössen formation (Alplihorn member)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Bündner Natur-Museum Chur

Primary reference: T. Bürgin and H. Furrer. 1993. Kieferreste eines grossen Strahlenflossers (Osteichthyes; Actinopterygii) aus der ostalpinen Obertrias der Bergüner Stöcke (Kanton Graubünden, Schweiz) und Diskussion der Validität von ? Birgeria costata (Münster 1839). Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 86:1015-1029 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 195674: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.08.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gnathostomata
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Actinopterygii indet. ray-finned fish
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