Giffoni, Salerno (BMNH coll.) (Triassic of Italy)

Where: Italy (40.7° N, 14.9° E: paleocoordinates 22.9° N, 13.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Dolomia Principale Formation, Alaunian (215.6 - 212.0 Ma)

• Middle-upper part of the Dolomia Principale (Tintori et al., 1985)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: A. S. Woodward. 1895. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part III. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) III:1-544 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 131996: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 04.08.2012

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Perleidiformes - Colobodontidae
"Semionotus latus" = Colobodus latus
"Semionotus latus" = Colobodus latus Agassiz 1833
BMNH P.604, P.602 (Egerton Coll.)
 Pholidophoriformes - Pholidophoridae
Pholidophorus latiusculus Agassiz 1832
BMNH P.516 (Egerton Coll.)