Where: Switzerland (45.9° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 7.0° N, 21.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Grenzbitumenzone Member (Besano Formation), Illyrian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)
• Spans Anisian-Ladinian boundary but large majority of section is Illyrian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, carbonaceous dolomite
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collection methods: Repository: Museo Civico di Milano (MCSM
Primary reference: G. de Alessandri. 1910. Studii sui pesci Triasici della Lombardia. Memorie della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 7(1):1-145 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 153402: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.12.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Colobodus bassanii de Alessandri 1910 2 coll. Repossi, 2 coll. N. Sizzo, and numerous isolated scales, fins, head bones
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"Pholidophorus meridensis" = Meridensia meridensis
"Pholidophorus meridensis" = Meridensia meridensis de Alessandri 1910 1 coll. Neri Sizzo (donated to Museo Civico), 1 in collection of Enrico Bonfanti
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