Herznach mine, bed C.2/3 (Jurassic of Switzerland)

Where: Switzerland (47.5° N, 8.0° E: paleocoordinates 38.1° N, 17.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Peltoceras athleta ammonoid zone, Late/Upper Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, ferruginous, ooidal, brown, red 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 171589: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.07.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
"Peltoceras athleta" = Peltoceras (Peltoceras) athleta Phillips 1829 ammonite
Peltoceras cf. subtense Leckenby 1859 ammonite
Peltoceras modeli Peiser 1937 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Kosmoceratidae
Zugokosmoceras jason Reinecke 1818 ammonite
"Cosmoceras spinosum" = Kosmoceras spinosum Sowerby 1826 ammonite
Cosmoceras duncani Sowerby 1816 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Richeiceras "sp. A" Jeannet 1951 ammonite
Bonarellia nodulosa Quenstedt 1887 ammonite
Bonarellia bicostata Stahl 1824 ammonite
Rossiensiceras cf. rossiense Teisseyre 1883 ammonite
Lunuloceras cf. grossouvrei Parona and Bonarelli 1895 ammonite
Lunuloceras lunula Reinecke 1818 ammonite
Brightia salvadori Parona and Bonarelli 1895 ammonite
Campylites secula Spath 1928 ammonite
Subbonarellia knechti n. sp. Jeannet 1951 ammonite
Horioceras sp. ammonite