MIDDLE TRIASSIC ECHINODERMS FROM THE SAN SALVATORE FORMATION OF LOMBARDY (ITALY) AND CANTON TICINO (SWITZERLAND)

An echinoderm fauna from the San Salvatore Formation (Middle Triassic, Southern Alps) is here described in detail for first time. Identifiable crinoids and echinoids were collected three different localities: Mt. (Ticino, Switzerland), Rasa di Varese Michele (Lombardy, Italy). Crinoid taxa include Encrinus cf. aculeatus, Holocrinus sp. indet., Zardinicrinus granulosus, Encrinidae gen. et indet. Echinoid “Cidaris” roemeri, Serpianotiaris Triadocidaris transversa, an indetermined form (Cidaridae). Most of material was Varese, along with a rich upper Anisian ammonoid conodont fauna, belonging to Reitzi Zone Secedensis Zone. Migration have been documented during (from Pelsonian lower Illyrian), mainly westernmost Tethyan Realm northward Germanic basin. already reported Illyrian basin also collected, dated late (upper Z.-Secedensis Z.) suggesting that several migrated southwards Tethys realm Illyrian.