Point 902, Monte San Giorgio, Bed 104: Illyrian, Switzerland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Coelacanthimorpha
- Coelacanthiformes
- Latimeriidae
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cf. Holophagus picenus
(Costa 1862)
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Rieppel 1985 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| PIMUZ T 1458 | ||||||||||
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= Rieppelia heinzfurreri
Ferrante and Cavin 2023
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Ferrante and Cavin 2023 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Halobiidae
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Daonella fascicostata
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Brack and Rieber 1993 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Syringonautilidae
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Syringonautilus sp.
Mojsisovics 1902
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Pieroni 2022 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ceratitida
- Gymnitidae
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Gymnites cf. bosnensis
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Cephalopoda
- Ceratitida
- Ceratitidae
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Serpianites n. gen. serpianensis
(Airaghi 1912)
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Cephalopoda
- Pseudorthocerida
- Trematoceratidae
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Trematoceras elegans
(Muenster 1831)
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Pohle and Klug 2024 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Switzerland | State/province: | Ticino |
| Coordinates: | 45.9° North, 8.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 7.0° North, 21.7° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
| Stage: | Anisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Illyrian | Ammonoid zone: | Secedensis |
| Age range of interval: | 243.80000 - 242.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Besano | Member: | Grenzbitumenzone | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 10-14 cm thick | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | dolomite |
| Lithology description: Finely-laminated dolomite. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 44703 | ||
| Authorizer: | D. Bottjer, M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate,vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-09-16 11:28:02 | Last modified: | 2023-09-12 22:46:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-09-16 11:28:02 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11682. | H. Rieber. 1973. Die Triasfauna der Tessiner Kalkalpen: XXII. Cephalopoden aus der Grenzbitumenzone (Mittlere Trias) des Monte San Giorgio (Kanton Tessin, Schweiz). Schweizerische Palaeontologische Abhandlungen 93:1-96 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 85294 | C. Ferrante and L. Cavin. 2023. Early Mesozoic burst of morphological disparity in the slow‑evolving coelacanth fish lineage. Scientific Reports 13(11356) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 84446 | V. Pieroni. 2022. Middle Triassic Nautilida from the Besano Formation of Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 141(21):1-12 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] | |
| 88159 | A. Pohle and C. Klug. 2024. Orthoceratoid and coleoid cephalopods from the Middle Triassic of Switzerland with an updated taxonomic framework for Triassic Orthoceratoidea. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 143(14) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 46035 | O. Rieppel. 1985. A second actinisian from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio, Kanton Tessin, Switzerland. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 78(1985):707-713 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez] |