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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium rhodani tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Cardium constantii cockle | |
Venus vibrayeana venus clam | |
Trigonia aliformis clam | |
Arca glabra ark | |
Gastropoda | |
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Natica gaultina moon snail | |
Avellana subincrassata snail
Avellana alpina snail |