Exceptional preservation of embryos in the actinopterygian Saurichthys from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 323-330

  Renesto, Silvio ^a   Stockar, Rudolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b Museo Cantonale di Storia Naturale   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Embryos; Middle triassic; Phosphatization; Saurichthys; Soft tissues; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO; HISTORICAL RECORD; PHOSPHATIZATION; PRESERVATION; TELEOST; TRACE FOSSIL; TRIASSIC; VIVIPARITY; FISH; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; TYPE SPECIMEN;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MONTE SAN GIORGIO; SWITZERLAND; TICINO;

SAURICHTHYS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70349753061     PISSN: 16618726     EISSN: 16618734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-009-1323-3     Document Type: Article

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