Also known as La Vraconne
Where: Switzerland (46.8° N, 6.5° E: paleocoordinates 35.4° N, 10.6° E)
When: Perte du Rhône Formation, Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• The author describes the Albian as the Gault, which is divided into upper, middle and lower intervals. This is a general collection for the upper Albian. Strasser et al. 2016 proposed the three members belong to the Perte du Rhône Formation.
•Strasser et al. 2016: The uppermost early and early middle Albian is represented by marls, which are more developed in the Swiss part of the Jura Mountains (up to 30 m thick), and which contain pyritized ammonites (‘‘Albien pyriteux’’). The third, upper part of the formation is a mica- rich sandstone with variable amounts of glauconite. This unit is present only in the southern French Jura.
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray, yellow sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. Jaccard. 1869. Jura Vaudois et Neuchatelois. Matériaux pour la carte géologique de la Suisse 6:1-340 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 2237: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 28.06.1999, edited by John Alroy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Actinopteri | |
Reptilia | |
Crocodylomorpha indet. crocodilian | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Oxyrhina macrorhisa mackerel shark | |
"Odontaspis gracilis" = Lamna gracilis
"Odontaspis gracilis" = Lamna gracilis Agassiz 1843 mackerel shark | |
"Corax falcatus" = Squalicorax falcatus
"Corax falcatus" = Squalicorax falcatus Agassiz 1843 crow shark | |
"Lamna subulata" = Scapanorhynchus subulatus
"Lamna subulata" = Scapanorhynchus subulatus Agassiz 1843 goblin shark | |
Echinoidea | |
"Pseudodiadema blancheti" = Diplopodia (Pseudodiadema)
"Pseudodiadema blancheti" = Diplopodia (Pseudodiadema) sea urchin | |
Goniophorus apiculatus sea urchin | |
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Bivalvia | |
"Trigonia fittoni" = Linotrigonia fittoni
"Trigonia fittoni" = Linotrigonia fittoni Deshayes 1842 clam | |
Cardita constantii clam | |
Gastrochaena brevis clam | |
"Cyprina quadrata" = Arctica
"Cyprina quadrata" = Arctica clam | |
Tellina phaseolina tellin clam | |
Fimbria gaultina clam | |
Thetis sanctae-crucis Sowerby 1826 clam | |
Mytilus albensis mussel | |
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop | |
"Ostrea vesiculosa" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis vesiculosa
"Ostrea vesiculosa" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis vesiculosa Sowerby 1822 oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
Calyptraea sanctae-crucis Lamarck 1799 slipper shell originally entered as "Calyptrea sanctae-crucis"
Crepidula gaultina slipper shell | |
Cerithium mosense cerith snail | |
Aporrhais parkinsoni snail
Aporrhais bicornis snail | |
Fusus vraconnensis true whelk | |
Vermetus gaultinus snail | |
Scalaria studeri wentletrap | |
Pleurotomaria thurmanni, Pleurotomaria laharpi, Pleurotomaria gaultina, Pleurotomaria regina, Pleurotomaria moreausiana, Pleurotomaria vraconnensis, Pleurotomaria rutimeyeri
Pleurotomaria thurmanni snail
Pleurotomaria laharpi snail
Pleurotomaria gaultina snail
Pleurotomaria regina snail
Pleurotomaria rutimeyeri snail | |
"Solarium dentatum" = Nummogaultina dentata Deshayes 1842 snail
Turbo brunneri snail
Turbo triboleti snail | |
Trochus buvignieri, Trochus gessneri, Trochus gilleroni, "Solarium tyngrianum" = Trochus (Solarium), "Solarium triplex" = Trochus (Solarium), "Solarium rochatianum" = Trochus (Solarium), "Solarium tollotianum" = Trochus (Solarium), Solarium ornatum
Trochus buvignieri top snail
Trochus gessneri top snail
Trochus gilleroni top snail
"Solarium tyngrianum" = Trochus (Solarium) top snail
"Solarium triplex" = Trochus (Solarium) top snail
"Solarium rochatianum" = Trochus (Solarium) top snail
"Solarium tollotianum" = Trochus (Solarium) top snail
Solarium ornatum Lea 1833 top snail | |
Neritopsis vraconnensis snail | |
Avellana valdensis snail
Avellana incrassata snail | |
Cephalopoda | |
Belemnites minimus belemnite | |
Ammonoidea varicosus, Ammonoidea bouchardianus, Ammonoidea inflatus, Ammonoidea jaccardi, Ammonoidea blancheti, Ammonoidea falcatus, Ammonoidea curvatus, Ammonoidea auritus, Ammonoidea raulinianus, Ammonoidea dispar, Ammonoidea velledae, Ammonoidea mayorianus, Ammonoidea latidorsatus, Ammonoidea timotheanus
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Scaphites meriani Pictet and Campiche 1861 ammonite | |
"Turrilites hugardianus" = Turrilitoides hugardianus, "Turrilites intermedius" = Turrilitoides hugardianus
"Turrilites hugardianus" = Turrilitoides hugardianus d'Orbigny 1842 ammonite
"Turrilites intermedius" = Turrilitoides hugardianus d'Orbigny 1842 ammonite | |
Anisoceras perarmatus, Anisoceras alternatus, Anisoceras pseudopunctatus, Anisoceras pseudoelegans, Anisoceras saussureanus
Anisoceras perarmatus ammonite
Anisoceras alternatus ammonite
Anisoceras pseudopunctatus ammonite
Anisoceras pseudoelegans Pictet and Campiche 1861 ammonite
Anisoceras saussureanus Pictet 1847 ammonite | |
"Baculites baculoides" = Sciponoceras baculoides
"Baculites baculoides" = Sciponoceras baculoides Mantell 1822 ammonite | |
"Hamites virgulatus" = Stomohamites virgulatus
"Hamites virgulatus" = Stomohamites virgulatus Brongniart 1822 ammonite | |
"Turrilites gresslyi" = Mariella (Mariella) gresslyi, "Turrilites bergeri" = Mariella (Mariella) bergeri, Turrilites elegans, Turrilites escherianus, Turrilites taeniatus, "Turrilites puzosianus" = Ostlingoceras puzosianum
"Turrilites gresslyi" = Mariella (Mariella) gresslyi Pictet and Campiche 1861 ammonite
"Turrilites bergeri" = Mariella (Mariella) bergeri Brongniart 1822 ammonite
Turrilites elegans ammonite
Turrilites escherianus ammonite
Turrilites taeniatus ammonite
"Turrilites puzosianus" = Ostlingoceras puzosianum d'Orbigny 1842 ammonite | |
"Nautilus bouchardianus" = Eutrephoceras bouchardianum, "Nautilus clementinus" = Eutrephoceras clementinum, "Nautilus montmollini" = Eutrephoceras montmollini, "Nautilus albensis" = Cymatoceras albense, "Nautilus neckerianus" = Cymatoceras neckerianum
"Nautilus bouchardianus" = Eutrephoceras bouchardianum d'Orbigny 1840 nautiloid
"Nautilus clementinus" = Eutrephoceras clementinum d'Orbigny 1840 nautiloid
"Nautilus montmollini" = Eutrephoceras montmollini Pictet and Campiche 1859 nautiloid
"Nautilus albensis" = Cymatoceras albense d'Orbigny 1850 nautiloid
"Nautilus neckerianus" = Cymatoceras neckerianum Pictet 1847 nautiloid |