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  • Saurichthys curionii Bellotti, 1857


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    oilshale

    Taxonomy

    Lizard Fish

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
    Order: Saurichthyiformes Aldinger 1937
    Family: Saurichthyidae Stensiö 1925
    Genus: Saurichthys
    Species: Saurichthys curionii
    Author Citation Bellotti, 1857

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Mesozoic
    Period: Triassic
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Middle
    International Age: Ladinian

    Stratigraphy

    Meride Formation

    Biostratigraphy

    uppermost P. gredleri Ammonoid Zone
    Cassini Beds

    Provenance

    Acquired by: Purchase/Trade

    Dimensions

    Length: 28 cm

    Location

    Monte San Giorgio
    Meride
    Ticino
    Switzerland

    Comments

    Monte San Giorgio is now an UNESCO WHL site.

    References:

    de Alessandri G. (1910) Studii sui pesci Triasici della Lombardia, Memorie della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 7 1, 1-145.

    Rieppel O. (1985) Die Gattung Saurichthys (Pisces, Actinopterygii) aus der mittleren Trias des Monte San Giorgio, Kanton Tessin, Schweizerische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 108, 1-103.

    Bürgin T., Eichenberger U., et al (1991) Die Prosanto Formation - eine fischreiche Fossil-Lagerstätte in der Mitteltrias der Silvretta-Decke (Kanton Graubünden, Schweiz), Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 84, 921-990.

    Renesto S., Stockar R. (2009) Exceptional preservation of embryos in the actinopterygian Saurichthys from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland, Swiss Journal of Geosciences 102, 323-330

    Beardmore, S.R., Furrer, H. (2015) Taphonomic analysis of Saurichthys from two stratigraphic horizons in the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland. Swiss J Geosci 109, 1–16 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00015-015-0194-z




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