Where: Switzerland (47.5° N, 7.5° E: paleocoordinates 37.7° N, 17.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Oxycerites orbis ammonoid zone, Schelmenloch Member (Ifenthal Formation), Late/Upper Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7 Ma)
• Hannoveranus subzone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Museum of Natural History Bern (NMBE)
Primary reference: V. Dietze and B. Hostettler. 2016. Occurrences of the ammonite genus Clydoniceras Blake, 1905 in the Middle Jurassic (Upper Bathonian, Discus Zone) of NW Switzerland. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 127:218-229 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 193322: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.05.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Acanthothiris spinosa Linnaeus 1767 | |
Bivalvia | |
Nicaniella sp. Chavan 1945 clam | |
Myophorella sp. Bayle 1878 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Epistrenoceras histricoides, Epistrenoceras contrarium, Epistrenoceras cf. contrarium, Hemigarantia julii
Epistrenoceras histricoides ammonite
Epistrenoceras contrarium d'Orbigny 1846 ammonite
Epistrenoceras cf. contrarium d'Orbigny 1846 ammonite
Hemigarantia julii ammonite | |
Homoeoplanulites sp. ammonite | |
Bullatimorphites hannoveranus ammonite | |
Oxycerites orbis Giebel 1852 ammonite
Oecotraustes sp. Waagen 1869 ammonite | |
Mammalia | |
"Parachoffatia sp." = Plesiochoffatia
"Parachoffatia sp." = Plesiochoffatia Hahn and Hahn 1999 multituberculate |