Italy-Switzerland
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 records life in a tropical lagoon environment, sheltered and partially separated from the open sea by an offshore reef. Diverse marine life flourished within this lagoon, including reptiles, fish, bivalves, ammonites, echinoderms and crustaceans. Because the lagoon was near land, the remains also include land-based fossils of reptiles, insects and plants, resulting in an extremely rich source of fossils. Source:whc.unesco.org
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 records life in a tropical lagoon environment, sheltered and partially separated from the open sea by an offshore reef. Diverse marine life flourished within this lagoon, including reptiles, fish, bivalves, ammonites, echinoderms and crustaceans. Because the lagoon was near land, the remains also include land-based fossils of reptiles, insects and plants, resulting in an extremely rich source of fossils. Source:whc.unesco.org
Inscribed: 2003
Postcard 1: Switzerland
Thanks to Mr Oscar
Postcard 2: Italy
The postcard is from Paleontological Musuem in University of Zurich. The University of Zurich's Paleontological Museum exhibits one of the world's most important collections of marine reptiles and fish from the middle Triassic time, about 235 to 245 million years ago. These and the extraordinarily well-preserved and scientifically valuable fossils from Monte San Giorgio.
Thanks to Ms Moine of Italy.
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