Herznach mine, bed F.3 (Jurassic of Switzerland)

Where: Switzerland (47.5° N, 8.0° E: paleocoordinates 38.5° N, 16.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cardioceras cordatum ammonoid zone, Early/Lower Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• Upper Cordatusschichten

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, blue marl

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zurich (ETH)

Primary reference: A. Jeannet. 1951. Stratigraphie und Palaeontologie des oolithischen Eisenerzlagers von Herznach und seiner Umgebung. Beiträge zur Geologie der Schweiz, Geotechnische Serie 13(5):1-240 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 171561: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.07.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Belemnitidae
Cylindroteuthis puzosi d'Orbigny 1843 belemnite
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Sowerbyceras tortisulcatum d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
Calliphylloceras demidoffi Rousseau 1842 ammonite
Holcophylloceras zignodianum d'Orbigny 1848 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Parawedekindia choffati de Loriol 1900 ammonite
Parawedekindia cf. choffati de Loriol 1900 ammonite
Extranodites cf. cailleti Petitclerc 1917 ammonite
Neaspidoceras cf. inaequispinosum Jeannet 1951 ammonite
Euaspidoceras "sp. A" Spath 1931 ammonite
Euaspidoceras "sp. B" Spath 1931 ammonite
Euaspidoceras "sp. C" Spath 1931 ammonite
Euaspidoceras kobyi Jeannet 1951 ammonite
Euaspidoceras ovale Neumann 1907 ammonite
Euaspidoceras cf. ovale Neumann 1907 ammonite
Euaspidoceras cf. babeaui d'Orbigny 1848 ammonite
Euaspidoceras cf. douvillei Collot 1917 ammonite
"Euaspidoceras (Arcaspidoceras) freii" = Euaspidoceras freii Jeannet 1951 ammonite
"Euaspidoceras freii" = Euaspidoceras freii Jeannet 1951 ammonite
"Euaspidoceras (Arcaspidoceras) spathi" = Euaspidoceras freii Jeannet 1951 ammonite
"Euaspidoceras hirsutiformis" = Euaspidoceras freii Jeannet 1951 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
"Richeiceras cf. richei" = Taramelliceras (Proscaphites) richei de Loriol 1898 ammonite
"Taramelliceras argoviense" = Taramelliceras (Taramelliceras) argoviense Jeannet 1951 ammonite
"Richeiceras cf. pichleri" = Taramelliceras (Richeiceras) pichleri Oppel 1863 ammonite
Berniceras cf. inconspicuum de Loriol 1898 ammonite
Creniceras crenatum Bruguiere 1792 ammonite
Bonarellia bicostata Stahl 1824 ammonite
Oxycerites sp. Rollier 1909 ammonite
Campylites helveticus Jeannet 1951 ammonite
Campylites delmontanus Oppel 1863 ammonite
? Trimarginites taeniolatus n. sp. Jeannet 1951 ammonite
Trimarginites villersi Rollier 1911 ammonite
Neoprionoceras girardoti Loriol 1902 ammonite
Ochetoceras frickense Jeannet 1951 ammonite
Fehlmannites jurensis Jeannet 1951 ammonite
 Nautilida - Paracenoceratidae
"Nautilus (Paracenoceras) arduennensis" = Paracenoceras arduennense, "Nautilus (Paracenoceras) subhexagonus" = Paracenoceras subhexagonus
"Nautilus (Paracenoceras) arduennensis" = Paracenoceras arduennense d'Orbigny 1850
"Nautilus (Paracenoceras) subhexagonus" = Paracenoceras subhexagonus Jeannet 1951
 Nautilida - Pseudonautilidae
"Nautilus (Pseudaganides) sp." = Pseudaganides, "Nautilus (Pseudaganides) helveticus" = Pseudaganides helveticus, "Nautilus (Pseudaganides) aganiticus" = Pseudaganides aganiticus, "Nautilus (Pseudaganides) cf. ledonicus" = Pseudaganides ledonicus
"Nautilus (Pseudaganides) sp." = Pseudaganides Spath 1927
"Nautilus (Pseudaganides) helveticus" = Pseudaganides helveticus von Loesch 1914
"Nautilus (Pseudaganides) aganiticus" = Pseudaganides aganiticus Schlotheim 1820
"Nautilus (Pseudaganides) cf. ledonicus" = Pseudaganides ledonicus Loriol 1903