Val Striga, Vrin, Lithiotis Limestone (Jurassic of Switzerland)

Also known as Reef 573

Where: Switzerland (46.7° N, 9.1° E: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 15.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sinemurian (199.3 - 190.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. F. Geyer. 1977. Die "Lithiotis-Kalke" im Bereich der unterjurassischen Tethys [The "Lithiotis Limestones" in the Lower Jurassic Tethys realm]. Neues Jahrbuch fuer Geologie und Palaeontologie, Abhandlungen 153(3):304-340 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68346: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.01.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Ostreida - Malleidae
? Lithiotis sp. Gümbel 1871 oyster
Anthozoa
 Hexacorallia -
? Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral