Where: Switzerland (45.9° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 7.3° N, 21.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Reitziites reitzi ammonoid zone, 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 in 1968

Collection methods: quarrying,

• "Tessin collection" of the Palaontologisches Institut und Museum der Universitat Zurich (PIMUZ T. numbers), collected intensively from 1950-1968.

Primary reference: G. Arratia, T. Bürgin, and H. Furrer. 2024. A new suction feeder and miniature teleosteomorph, Marcopoloichthys mirigioliensis, from the lower Besano Formation (late Anisian) of Monte San Giorgio. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 143(25)more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 236546: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.10.2024

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