Abstract The Alpine Triassic units of Switzerland, Northern Italy and Western Austria offer an
extensive geological archive, in which the enigmatic process of dolomite formation can be …

Abstract The Middle Triassic (Anisian) rauisuchian archosaurs Ticinosuchus ferox and
Stagonosuchus nyassicus are two of the earliest representatives of this group and therefore …

Fossil bones and teeth are potentially important repository for geochemical proxy data and a
target for radiometric dating. The concentration of many trace elements in bones and teeth …

Since the split of the coelacanth lineage from other osteichthyans 420 million years ago, the
morphological disparity of this clade has remained remarkably stable. Only few outliers with …

Orthoconic cephalopods are subordinate, but persistent, widespread and regionally
abundant components of Triassic marine ecosystems. Here, we describe unpublished …

There is a long history of palaeontological excavations at Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland)
and the adjoining Monte Pravello—Monte Orsa (Italy), aimed at finding well-preserved …

Abstract Marine conservation deposits ('Konservat-Lagerstätten') are characterized by their
mode of fossil preservation, faunal composition and sedimentary facies. Here, we review …

Abstract Besanosaurus leptorhynchus Dal Sasso & Pinna, 1996 was described on the basis
of a single fossil excavated near Besano (Italy) nearly three decades ago. Here, we re …

A new species (Marcopoloichthys mirigioliensis) of the stem teleosteomorph genus
Marcopoloichthys is described from the lower Besano Formation (late Anisian at Monte San …

According to a longstanding paradigm, aquatic amniotes, including the Mesozoic marine
reptile group Ichthyopterygia, give birth tail-first because head-first birth leads to increased …