Herznach, bed B.7 (Rollier collection) (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: Reineckeia anceps ammonoid zone, Middle Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

• Upper Ancepsschichten

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, ferruginous, ooidal, brown, gray 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 171593: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.07.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Rossiensiceras cf. rossiense Teisseyre 1883 ammonite
Brightia metomphala Bonarelli 1893 ammonite
Orbignyceras pseudopunctatum Lahusen 1883 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Pachyceratidae
Rollierites dimidiatum n. sp. Jeannet 1951 ammonite
Rollierites minuendum Jeannet 1951 ammonite
Rollierites tuba Jeannet 1951 ammonite
Erymnoceras doliforme Roman 1930 ammonite
Erymnoceras nodosum Jeannet 1951 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Reineckeiidae
Reineckeia anceps Reinecke 1818 ammonite
Reineckeites stuebeli Steinmann 1881 ammonite
Reineckeites douvillei Steinmann 1881 ammonite
 Ammonitida -
Erymnoceras coronatum Bruguiere 1792 ammonite