Middle Triassic sites in the Unesco World Heritage List

[Silvio Renesto <silvio.renesto@uninsubria.it>]

Dear listmembers,
        The Middle Triassic sites of Monte San Giorgio (on the Swiss side, 
but the Italian ones will be hopefully  added soon) have just been included 
in the World Heritage List of UNESCO.  No need to recall that these sites, 
both on the Swiss and Italian side, are among the best of the rare 
"windows" on the marine (and, at a lesser extent, terrestrial) vertebrate 
faunas of the Middle Triassic, which importance has been acknowledged since 
last (two;-) ) centuries. The recent finding of exceptionally well 
preserved insects in one of the Swiss sites has further increased the 
scientific relevance of these localities.
Working mainly on reptiles from the Alpine  Triassic, I can only be happy 
for this.  I hope it will be of good omen for the future of vertebrate 
paleontology worldwide.
Cheers,

                                                Silvio Renesto

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Good speech lacks faultfinding.
A good counter needs no calculator.
A well-shut door will stay closed without a latch.
Skillful fastening will stay tied without knots.
                        (Lao Tzu)


Prof. Silvio Renesto
Department of Structural and Functional Biology
Università degli Studi dell'Insubria
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