Where: Switzerland (47.5° N, 8.0° E: paleocoordinates 38.5° N, 16.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Quenstedtoceras mariae ammonoid zone, Early/Lower Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, ooidal, blue marl
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 171566: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.07.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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