Switzerland is putting forward an official application to Unesco headquarters in Paris. Monte San Giorgio is renowned for its remarkably well-preserved fish and reptile fossils from the Middle ...

The dragon mountain -- Fishes -- A sketch of reptile evolution -- Ichthyosaurs -- Helveticosaurus, Eusaurosphargis, and the placodonts -- Pachypleurosaurs -- Lariosaurs and nothosaurs -- Thalattosaurs ...

Paleontologists have discovered two new species of Saurichthys. The ~242 million year old predatory fishes were found in the fossil Lagerstätte Monte San Giorgio, in Ticino. They are distinct from ...

The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to ...

The pyramid-shaped, wooded mountain of Monte San Giorgio beside Lake Lugano is regarded as the best fossil record of marine life from the Triassic Period (245 - 230 million years ago). The sequence ...