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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Merocidaris propinqua Muenster 1826 pencil urchin | |
Plegiocidaris coronata Schlotheim 1820 pencil urchin | |
Romanocidaris filograna Agassiz 1840 pencil urchin |