Meride: Ladinian, Switzerland
collected 1971

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae
Lariosaurus balsami Curioni 1841
1 individual
juvenile
see common names

Geography
Country:Switzerland State/province:Ticino County:Mendrisio
Coordinates: 45.9° North, 8.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:7.9° North, 20.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Middle Triassic
Stage:Ladinian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 2
Key time interval:Ladinian
Age range of interval:242.00000 - 237.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Meride Member:upper limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,coprolite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Abundance in sediment:rare
Fragmentation:occasional
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection dates:1971
Metadata
Also known as:Val Mara
Database number:110930
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:H. Street
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-06-16 07:04:22 Last modified:2011-06-15 17:04:22
Access level:the public Released:2011-06-16 07:04:22
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
36435.ETE A. Toroni. 1979. Les reptiles du Trias moyen du Monte San Giorgio, Tessin [The reptiles from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio, Tessino]. Bulletin der Vereinigung Schweiz. Petroleum Geologen und Ingenieure 45(109):17-34 [M. Carrano/H. Street/M. Carrano]