Where: Italy (45.9° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 8.8° N, 20.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Grenzbitumenzone Member (Besano Formation), Fassanian (242.0 - 235.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified dolomite and lithified, black shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by Carl Bender in 1929-1933; reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Collection purchased by British Museum (Natural History) in 1935

Primary reference: J. Brough. 1939. The Triassic fishes of Besano, Lombardy 1-117 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122150: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.12.2011

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