Jakobsberg quarry, Auenstein AG (Effingen Mb) (Jurassic to of Switzerland)

Where: Switzerland (47.4° N, 8.2° E: paleocoordinates 38.5° N, 17.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Effingen Member (Wildegg Formation), Middle Oxfordian to Middle Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• Gregoryceras transversarium or Perisphinctes bifurcatus zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Fondation Paléontologique Jurassienne (FPJ), Naturhistorischen Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern (NMBE)

Primary reference: B. Hostettler and U. Menkveld-Gfeller. 2015. Die Cidariden (Echinoidea, Echinodermata) der Wildegg-Formation (mittleres Oxfordien, Schweizer Jura). Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 34:195-233 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 196421: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.09.2018

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Psychocidaridae
Merocidaris propinqua Muenster 1826 pencil urchin
 Cidaroida -
Plegiocidaris coronata Schlotheim 1820 pencil urchin
 Cidaroida - Polycidaridae
Romanocidaris filograna Agassiz 1840 pencil urchin