AL3f-Jura: Albian, Switzerland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca glabra
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium constantii
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Venus vibrayeana
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia aliformis
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium rhodani
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Avellana alpina
Avellana subincrassata
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhais obtusa
originally entered as "Aporhais obtusa"
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica gaultina
see common names

Geography
Country:Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.9° North, 6.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.5° North, 10.7° East
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Albian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 4
*Epoch:Gallic
Key time interval:Albian
Age range of interval:113.00000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: The author describes the Albian as the Gault, dividing faunal assemblages into three groups: upper, middle and lower. This is a lower Albian collection
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,yellow sandstone
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:2169
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky Enterer:K. Layou
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-06-23 13:47:40 Last modified:1999-06-23 16:47:40
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:14
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

66. A. Jaccard. 1869. Jura Vaudois et Neuchatelois. Matériaux pour la carte géologique de la Suisse 6:1-340 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/L. Villier]