Where: Switzerland (47.5° N, 8.0° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 31.8° N, 25.9° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Quenstedtoceras lamberti ammonoid zone, Late/Upper Callovian (165.3 - 161.5 Ma)
• Considered lower Oxfordian by Jeannet, but below current position of Callovian-Oxfordian boundary
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, ferruginous, ooidal, brown limestone
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 171587: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.07.2015
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
| Cephalopoda | |
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Euaspidoceras cf. subbabeanum Sintzov 1888 ammonite | |
Rossiensiceras cf. rossiense, Putealiceras cf. trilineatum, Orbignyceras pseudopunctatum, Paroecotraustes sp.
Rossiensiceras cf. rossiense Teisseyre 1883 ammonite
Putealiceras cf. trilineatum Waagen 1875 ammonite
Orbignyceras pseudopunctatum Lahusen 1883 ammonite
Paroecotraustes sp. Spath 1928 ammonite | |