Herznach mine, bed F.2 (Frei collection) (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)

• Middle Cordatenschichten

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, ooidal, argillaceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by A. Frei

• Repository: collection of A. Frei, Frick. Possibly later at ETH Zurich?

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 171586: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.07.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Parawedekindia choffati, "Parawedekindia cf. arduennensis" = Peltoceratoides (Parawedekindia) arduennensis, Pseudogregoryceras iteni, Extranodites mairei, Neaspidoceras inaequispinosum n. sp., Euaspidoceras kobyi, Euaspidoceras (Arcaspidoceras) paucicostatum n. sp., Euaspidoceras cf. douvillei, "Euaspidoceras (Arcaspidoceras) freii n. sp." = Euaspidoceras freii, "Euaspidoceras freii" = Euaspidoceras freii, "Euaspidoceras bidentiformis" = Euaspidoceras freii, "Euaspidoceras (Arcaspidoceras) spathi n. sp." = Euaspidoceras freii
Parawedekindia choffati de Loriol 1900 ammonite
"Parawedekindia cf. arduennensis" = Peltoceratoides (Parawedekindia) arduennensis d'Orbigny 1848 ammonite
Pseudogregoryceras iteni Jeannet 1951 ammonite
Extranodites mairei Jeannet 1951 ammonite
Neaspidoceras inaequispinosum n. sp. Jeannet 1951 ammonite
Euaspidoceras kobyi Jeannet 1951 ammonite
Euaspidoceras (Arcaspidoceras) paucicostatum n. sp. Jeannet 1951 ammonite
Euaspidoceras cf. douvillei Collot 1917 ammonite
"Euaspidoceras (Arcaspidoceras) freii n. sp." = Euaspidoceras freii Jeannet 1951 ammonite
"Euaspidoceras freii" = Euaspidoceras freii Jeannet 1951 ammonite
"Euaspidoceras bidentiformis" = Euaspidoceras freii Jeannet 1951 ammonite
"Euaspidoceras (Arcaspidoceras) spathi n. sp." = Euaspidoceras freii Jeannet 1951 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Morphoceratidae
Christolia christoli Beaudoin 1851 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Cardioceratidae
Herznachites helveticus n. gen. n. sp.
Herznachites helveticus n. gen. n. sp. Jeannet 1951 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Taramelliceras sp. Del Campana 1904 ammonite
"Taramelliceras argoviense" = Taramelliceras (Taramelliceras) argoviense Jeannet 1951 ammonite
"Taramelliceras pseudoculatum" = Taramelliceras (Taramelliceras) pseudoculatum Bukowski 1887 ammonite
"Taramelliceras cf. pseudoculatum" = Taramelliceras (Taramelliceras) pseudoculatum Bukowski 1887 ammonite
Taramelliceras cf. minax Bukowski 1887 ammonite
Popanites paturattensis Greppin 1870 ammonite
Campylites helveticus Jeannet 1951 ammonite
Campylites inermis Jeannet 1951 ammonite
Campylites delmontanus Oppel 1863 ammonite
Trimarginites villersi Rollier 1911 ammonite
Canaliculites argoviensis n. gen. n. sp. Jeannet 1951 ammonite
Fehlmannites jurensis Jeannet 1951 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Lissoceratidae
Lissoceras rollieri de Loriol 1898 ammonite