Herznach mine, bed C.1 (upper) (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: Peltoceras athleta ammonoid zone, Late/Upper Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, ferruginous, ooidal, brown, red limestone

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 171762: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.07.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Calliphylloceras demidoffi
Calliphylloceras demidoffi Rousseau 1842 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Reineckeiidae
Kellawaysites planissimus n. sp.
Kellawaysites planissimus n. sp. Jeannet 1951 ammonite
"upper 2/3rds"
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Pseudopeltoceras cf. chauvini
Pseudopeltoceras cf. chauvini d'Orbigny 1847 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Peltoceras modeli, Peltoceras trifidum, "Peltoceras athleta" = Peltoceras (Peltoceras) athleta
Peltoceras modeli Peiser 1937 ammonite
Peltoceras trifidum Quenstedt 1887 ammonite
"Peltoceras athleta" = Peltoceras (Peltoceras) athleta Phillips 1829 ammonite