• Small excavations by Milanese paleontological societies in 1863 and 1878 provided more specific context on the paleontology of Monte San Giorgio.
  • Monte San Giorgio, Lugano Önalplerinde, İsviçre'deki Lugano Gölü'ne bakan ormanlık bir dağdır (deniz seviyesinden 1,097 m yüksekliktedir).
  • (Zurich University Palaeontology Institute). Measuring around 40 centimetres, reptile-like Serpianosaurus fossils have been found in the rocks at Monte San Giorgio.
  • Monte San Giorgio (1097m) – Location: elevation=1100m/3609ft; coordinates: WGS 84: lat.=45.9128, long.=8.9472; Swiss CH1903+: 2717050/1085700...
  • Monte San Giorgio is one of the most important fossil deposit in the world, for the Middle Triassic, a geological period which took place between 247 and 237...
  • Monte San Giorgio is a mountain and UNESCO World Heritage Site on the border between Switzerland and Italy.
  • As a result, Monte San Giorgio provides the principal point of reference, relevant to future discoveries of marine Triassic remains throughout the world.
  • Consider things such as access and accommodation at the base of Monte San Giorgio, as well as the logistics of climbing to the summit.
  • Monte San Giorgio is located in the Canton of Ticino at 1097 meters. It is located between the two southern arms of the beautiful Lake Lugano.
  • In this way, petrified fossils of fish and marine reptiles, which were discovered in the various layers of Monte San Giorgio, were preserved there.