Semelenberg Nord (Cretaceous of Switzerland)

Where: Switzerland (47.3° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 30.5° N, 16.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Douvilleiceras mammillatum ammonoid zone, Schrattenkalk Formation, Early/Lower Albian (112.0 - 109.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Peter Kürsteiner, Amane Tajika

• Repository: Naturmuseum St. Gallen

Primary reference: A. Tajika, K. Tschanz, and C. Klug. 2018. New Albian ammonite faunas from Semelenberg (Alpstein, Switzerland) and their paleoecology. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 137:65-76 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 197617: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.11.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Beudanticeratidae
Beudanticeras sp. Hitzell 1902 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae
Douvilleiceras inaequinodum Quenstedt 1849 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Anisoceratidae