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
Collected by Rollier
• 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 171656: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.07.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Trimarginites villersi Rollier 1911 ammonite
Trimarginites cf. primigenius Jeannet 1951 ammonite | |
Parapeltoceras cf. oblongum, "Peltoceras athleta" = Peltoceras (Peltoceras) athleta
Parapeltoceras cf. oblongum Quenstedt 1887 ammonite
"Peltoceras athleta" = Peltoceras (Peltoceras) athleta Phillips 1829 ammonite |