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Fig. 5

From: The marine conservation deposits of Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland, Italy): the prototype of Triassic black shale Lagerstätten

Fig. 5

Exceptionally preserved ichthyosaur Mixosaurus cornalianus (Bassani, 1886). PIMUZ T 1839, Besano Formation, Monte San Giorgio (A). The skull of the specimen (C) is covered by a thin pyrite crust and in the pelvic region (B), some phosphatized soft-tissue remains are discernible. Mixosaurus belongs together with Neusticosaurus to the most common reptile fossils of the Besano Formation. This specimen was excavated in 1931 and prepared in 2019 by Christian Obrist

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