Point 902, Monte San Giorgio, unspecified bed: Illyrian - Fassanian, Switzerland
collected by B. Peyer, PIMUZ 1950-1968
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri
- Perleidiformes
- Habroichthyidae
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Habroichthys sp.
Brough 1939
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Bürgin 1992 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Habroichthys griffithi n. sp.
Bürgin 1992
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Bürgin 1992 | 27 specimens | ||||||||
Habroichthys minimus
Brough 1939
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Bürgin 1992 | 14 specimens | ||||||||
Actinopteri
- Perleidiformes
- Perleididae
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Meridensia meridensis
(de Alessandri 1910)
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Bürgin 1992 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Aetheodontus besanensis
Brough 1939
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Bürgin 1992 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Dipteronotus ornatus n. sp.
Bürgin 1992
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Bürgin 1992 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Actinopteri
- Semionotiformes
- Macrosemiidae
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Eosemionotus ceresiensis n. sp.
Bürgin 2004
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Bürgin 2004 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
PIMUZ T357, 319, 328-9, 236, 245, 334, 815 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Louwoichthyiformes
- Peltoperleididae
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Peltoperleidus bellipinnis n. sp.
Bürgin 1992
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Bürgin 1992 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
Peltoperleidus macrodontus
Bürgin 1992
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Bürgin 1992 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Actinopteri
- Louwoichthyiformes
- Louwoichthyidae
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Ctenognathichthys bellottii
(de Alessandri 1910)
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Bürgin 1992 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
Actinopteri
- Peltopleuriformes
- Wushaichthyidae
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Peripeltopleurus vexillipinnis n. gen., n. sp.
Bürgin 1992
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Bürgin 1992 | 30 specimens | ||||||||
Peripeltopleurus cf. vexillipinnis
Bürgin 1992
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Bürgin 1992 | 9 specimens | ||||||||
Peripeltopleurus hypsisomus
Bürgin 1992
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Bürgin 1992 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
Actinopteri
- Peltopleuriformes
- Peltopleuridae
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Peltopleurus cf. nothocephalus
Bürgin 1992
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Bürgin 1992 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Peltopleurus lissocephalus
Brough 1939
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Bürgin 1992 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
Peltoperleidus elongignathus n. sp.
Bürgin 1992
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Bürgin 1992 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Altisolepis elongignathus | ||||||||||
Palaeonisciformes
- Palaeoniscidae
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Gyrolepis sp.
Agassiz 1833
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Bürgin 1992 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Coelacanthimorpha
- Coelacanthiformes
- Latimeriidae
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Ticinepomis peyeri n. gen., n. sp.
Rieppel 1980
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Rieppel 1980 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIMUZ T3925 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Tanystropheidae
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Macrocnemus bassanii
(Nopcsa 1930)
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Rieppel 1989 | |||||||||
PIMUZ T 1534, PIMUZ T 2470, both disarticulated postcrania | ||||||||||
Macrocnemus cf. fuyuanensis
Li et al. 2007
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Jaquier et al. 2017 | |||||||||
PIMUZ T 1559, partial skeleton | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Helveticosauridae
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Helveticosaurus zollingeri
Peyer 1955
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Rieppel 1989 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
PIMZ T 4352, PIMZ T 4353, PIMZ T 4354 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Thalattosauria
- Askeptosauridae
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Askeptosaurus italicus
Nopsca 1925
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Müller 2005 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
PIMUZ T 4831, PIMUZ T 4832, PIMUZ T 4839, PIMUZ T 4842, PIMUZ T 4846 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Eosauropterygia
- Pachypleurosauridae
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Serpianosaurus mirigiolensis n. gen., n. sp.
Rieppel 1989
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Rieppel 1989 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
PIMUZ T 81, 96, 951, 3931 (type, formerly referred to Phygosaurus), 3933 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Eosauropterygia
- Nothosauridae
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Lariosaurus buzzii n. sp.
Tschanz 1989
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Rieppel 1998 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Holotype skeleton (PMZ T2804) | ||||||||||
Ptycholepiformes
- Ptycholepididae
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Ptycholepis schaefferi
Bürgin 1992
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Bürgin 1992 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Ptycholepis barboi
Bassani 1886
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Bürgin 1992 | 20 specimens | ||||||||
Ptycholepis priscus
Bürgin 1992
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Bürgin 1992 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
Luganoiiformes
- Luganoiidae
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Luganoia lepidosteoides
Brough 1939
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Bürgin 1992 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Pholidopleuriformes
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Gracilignathichthys microlepis
Bürgin 1992
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Bürgin 1992 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Gracilignathichthys cf. microlepis
Bürgin 1992
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Bürgin 1992 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIMUZ T.153 | ||||||||||
Pholidopleuriformes
- Pholidopleuridae
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Pholidopleurus sp.
Bronn 1858
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Bürgin 1992 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Pholidopleurus ticinensis
Bürgin 1992
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Bürgin 1992 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Phragmoteuthida
- Phragmoteuthididae
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? Phragmoteuthis ticinensis n. sp.
Rieber 1970
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1 specimen | |||||||||
PIMUZ N/1 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Switzerland |
Coordinates: | 45.9° North, 8.9° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 7.8° North, 20.8° East |
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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 | ||
Collectors: | B. Peyer, PIMUZ | 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
Also known as: | Mirigioli | ||
Database number: | 122057 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham, P. Vazquez |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2011-12-15 16:32:27 | Last modified: | 2022-06-17 20:22:26 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-12-15 16:32:27 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
44852. | H. Rieber. 1970. Phragmoteuthis ? ticinensis n. sp., ein Coleoidea-Rest aus der Grenzbitumenzone (Mittlere Trias) des Monte San Giorgio (Kt. Tessin, Schweiz). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 44:32-40 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
38853 | T. Bürgin. 1992. Basal ray-finned fishes (Osteichthyes; Actinopterygii) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio (Canton Tessin, Switzerland). Schweizerische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 114:1-164 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
47670 | T. Bürgin. 2004. Eosemionotus ceresiensis sp. nov., a new semionotiform fish (Actinopterygii, Halecostomi) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio (Southern Switzerland). In G. Arratia & A. Tintori (ed.), Mesozoic Fishes 3 - Systematics, Paleoenvironments and Biodiversity 3:239-251 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez] | |
66844 | V. P. Jaquier, N. C. Fraser, H. Furrer and T. M. Scheyer. 2017. Osteology of a New Specimen of Macrocnemus aff. M. fuyuanensis (Archosauromorpha, Protorosauria) from the Middle Triassic of Europe: Potential Implications for Species Recognition and Paleogeography of Tanystropheid Protorosaurs. Frontiers in Earth Science 5:91 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen] | |
57200 | J. Müller. 2005. The anatomy of Askeptosaurus italicus from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio and the interrelationships of thalattosaurs (Reptilia, Diapsida). Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 42:1347-1367 [M. Uhen/A. Jukar] | |
45218 | O. Rieppel. 1980. A new coelacanth from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 73:921-939 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
29226 | O. Rieppel. 1989. A new pachypleurosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences 323(1212):1-73 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/M. Uhen] | |
66174 | O. Rieppel. 1989. Helveticosaurus zollingeri Peyer (Reptilia, Diapsida) skeletal paedomorphosis, functional anatomy and systematic affinities. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 208:123-152 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd] | |
66845 | O. Rieppel. 1989. The Hind Limb of Macrocnemus bassanii (Nopcsa) (Reptilia, Diapsida): Development and Functional Anatomy. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(4):373-387 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen] | |
44173 | O. Rieppel. 1998. The status of the sauropterygian reptile genera Ceresiosaurus, Lariosaurus, and Silvestrosaurus from the Middle Triassic of Europe. Fieldiana: Geology, new series 38:1-46 [R. Benson/R. Benson] |