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: Birmensdorf Formation, Middle Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified 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 171667: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.07.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Euaspidoceras oegir Oppel 1863 ammonite | |
Creniceras crenatum, Richeiceras cf. berlieri, "Taramelliceras sarasini" = Taramelliceras (Taramelliceras) sarasini, "Taramelliceras cf. bachi" = Taramelliceras (Taramelliceras) bachianum, Trimarginites arolicus, "Ochetoceras canaliculatum" = Ochetoceras (Ochetoceras) canaliculatum, "Ochetoceras hispidum" = Ochetoceras (Ochetoceras) hispidum
Creniceras crenatum Bruguiere 1792 ammonite
Richeiceras cf. berlieri de Loriol 1902 ammonite
"Taramelliceras sarasini" = Taramelliceras (Taramelliceras) sarasini de Loriol 1902 ammonite
"Taramelliceras cf. bachi" = Taramelliceras (Taramelliceras) bachianum Oppel 1863 ammonite
Trimarginites arolicus Oppel 1862 ammonite
"Ochetoceras canaliculatum" = Ochetoceras (Ochetoceras) canaliculatum von Buch 1831 ammonite
"Ochetoceras hispidum" = Ochetoceras (Ochetoceras) hispidum Oppel 1863 ammonite |