PBDB Collection

Besano, Bender collection, Monte San Giorgio (Triassic of Italy)

Where: Italy (45.9° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 7.0° N, 21.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Grenzbitumenzone Member (Besano Formation), Illyrian (247.2 - 242.0 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 Carl Bender in 1929-1933; reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Collection purchased by British Museum (Natural History) in 1935

Primary reference: J. Brough. 1939. The Triassic fishes of Besano, Lombardy 1-117 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122150: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.12.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
Peltopleuriformes - Peltopleuridae	Peltopleurus sp., Peltopleurus rugosus n. sp., Peltopleurus lissocephalus n. sp., ? Cephaloxenus sp., Cephaloxenus macropterus n. gen. n. sp., Platysiagum minus n. sp. Peltopleurus sp. Kner 1866 Peltopleurus rugosus n. sp. Brough 1939 Peltopleurus lissocephalus n. sp. Brough 1939 ? Cephaloxenus sp. Brough 1939 Cephaloxenus macropterus n. gen. n. sp. Brough 1939 Platysiagum minus n. sp. Brough 1939
Neopterygii -	"Placopleurus besanensis" = Placopleurus besanensis, "Placopleurus primus n. gen. n. sp." = Placopleurus besanensis "Placopleurus besanensis" = Placopleurus besanensis Bassani 1886 "Placopleurus primus n. gen. n. sp." = Placopleurus besanensis Bassani 1886
Perleidiformes - Habroichthyidae	Habroichthys minimus n. gen. n. sp. Habroichthys minimus n. gen. n. sp. Brough 1939
Perleidiformes - Perleididae	"Meridensia meridensis" = Meridensia meridensis, "Meridensia gibba n. sp." = Meridensia meridensis, Aetheodontus besanensis n. gen. n. sp. "Meridensia meridensis" = Meridensia meridensis de Alessandri 1910 "Meridensia gibba n. sp." = Meridensia meridensis de Alessandri 1910 Aetheodontus besanensis n. gen. n. sp. Brough 1939 One collected by Brough
Osteichthyes
Luganoiiformes - Luganoiidae	Besania micrognathus n. gen. n. sp., "Luganoia lepidosteoides" = Luganoia lepidosteoides, "Luganoia intermedia n. sp." = Luganoia lepidosteoides, "Luganoia macrodentata n. sp." = Luganoia lepidosteoides Besania micrognathus n. gen. n. sp. Brough 1939 ray-finned fish "Luganoia lepidosteoides" = Luganoia lepidosteoides Brough 1939 ray-finned fish "Luganoia intermedia n. sp." = Luganoia lepidosteoides Brough 1939 ray-finned fish "Luganoia macrodentata n. sp." = Luganoia lepidosteoides Brough 1939 ray-finned fish
Ptycholepiformes - Ptycholepididae	Ptycholepis barboi Ptycholepis barboi Bassani 1886 ray-finned fish
Ionoscopiformes - Subortichthyidae	Eoeugnathus megalepis n. gen. n. sp. Eoeugnathus megalepis n. gen. n. sp. Brough 1939 ray-finned fish