Taxon sampled | Specimen number | Elements sectioned | Age and locality data, additional notes |
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Saurichthyidae | |||
Saurichthys sp. | PIMUZ T 757a | Opercle (fossil specimen) | Upper Besano Formation, Late Anisian, Mirigioli (P. 902), Meride, Ticino, Switzerland |
Saurichthys sp. | PIMUZ T 2138 | Opercle and ceratohyal bone (fossil specimen) | Middle Besano Formation, Late Anisian; Cava Tre Fontane, Meride, Ticino, Switzerland |
Saurichthys sp. | PIMUZ T 2566 | Opercle (fossil specimen) | Middle Besano Formation, Late Anisian; Valle Stelle, Meride, Ticino, Switzerland |
Saurichthys sp. | PIMUZ T 2641 | Opercle (fossil specimen) | Cassina Member, Meride Formation, Early Ladinian; Cassina, Meride, Ticino, Switzerland |
Saurichthys sp. | PIMUZ T 5501 | Opercle (fossil specimen) | Cassina Member, Meride Formation, Early Ladinian; Cassina, Meride, Ticino, Switzerland |
Saurichthys sp. | PIMUZ T 5736 | Opercle (fossil specimen) | Cassina Member, Meride Formation, Early Ladinian; Cassina, Meride, Ticino, Switzerland |
Saurichthys sp. | PIMUZ T 5740 | Opercle (fossil specimen) | Cassina Member, Meride Formation, Early Ladinian; Cassina, Meride, Ticino, Switzerland |
Saurichthys sp. | PIMUZ T 5788 | Opercle (fossil specimen) | Cassina Member, Meride Formation, Early Ladinian; Cassina, Meride, Ticino, Switzerland |
Acipenseridae | |||
Acipenser baerii (Siberian sturgeon) | PIMUZ A/I 4307; A/I 4308 | Right subopercle (macerated specimens) | Extant, aquaculture raised in France/Switzerland (two female specimens, between 3 and 4 years old) |
Acipenser baerii (Siberian sturgeon) | PIMUZ A/I 4309; A/I 4010; A/I 4011 | Right subopercle (macerated specimens) | Extant, aquaculture raised in France/Switzerland (three female specimens, ca. 6 years old) |
Lepisosteidae | |||
Lepisosteus cf. L. oculatus (Spotted gar) | PIMUZ A/I 4170 | Right subopercle and opercle (macerated specimen) | Extant, USA (no exact locality data available); (tentatively identified as L. oculatus based on narrow exposed anterodorsal subopercular process, straight articulation of opercle with dermohyal and rounded ventroposterior margin of subopercle) |
Polypteridae | |||
Polypterus bichir (Nile bichir) | NMB 2793 | Right subopercle and opercle (removal from wet specimen stored in alcohol) | Extant; standard length 54 cm, total length ca. 59 cm (caudal fin slightly damaged, <1 cm) (inheritance by R. Burckhardt in 1914) |