Point 902, Monte San Giorgio, Bed 101: Illyrian, Switzerland
collected 1950-1968
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Acrodontidae
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Acrodus lateralis
Agassiz 1839
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| PIMUZ T1145 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Coordinates: | 45.9° North, 8.9° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 7.0° North, 21.7° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
| Stage: | Anisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Illyrian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 243.80000 - 242.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Besano | Member: | Grenzbitumenzone |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified dolomite |
| Secondary lithology: | black lithified "shale" |
| Environment: | lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1950-1968 |
| Collection method comments: "Tessin collection" of the Palaontologisches Institut und Museum der Universitat Zurich (PIMUZ T. numbers), collected intensively from 1950-1968. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 132284 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | P. Vazquez |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-08-11 09:07:30 | Last modified: | 2022-06-17 20:09:10 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-08-11 09:07:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 42588. | O. Rieppel. 1981. The hybodontiform sharks from the Middle Triassic of Mte. San Giorgio, Switzerland. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 161:324-353 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham] |