AL3f-Jura (Cretaceous of Switzerland)

Where: Switzerland (46.9° N, 6.6° E: paleocoordinates 35.5° N, 10.7° E)

When: Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• The author describes the Albian as the Gault, dividing faunal assemblages into three groups: upper, middle and lower. This is a lower Albian collection

Environment/lithology: gray, yellow sandstone

Primary reference: A. Jaccard. 1869. Jura Vaudois et Neuchatelois. Matériaux pour la carte géologique de la Suisse 6:1-340 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2169: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 23.06.1999

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Taxonomic list

Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Venus vibrayeana venus clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
 Arcida - Arcidae
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhais obtusa snail
originally entered as "Aporhais obtusa"
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica gaultina moon snail
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae