Strel, Kanton Graubünden (PIMUZ) (Triassic of Switzerland)

Where: Switzerland (46.8° N, 9.7° E: paleocoordinates 9.2° N, 21.1° E)

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

• upper Prosanto formation

Environment/lithology: marine; marl

• dark marlstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected in 1992

Collection methods: mechanical

• 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 153770: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 13.01.2014, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

Coelacanthimorpha
 Coelacanthiformes - Latimeriidae
Foreyia maxkuhni Cavin et al. 2017 coelacanth
PIMUZ A/I 1959