Al3r-Jura (Cretaceous of Switzerland)

Where: Switzerland (46.5° N, 6.6° E: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 10.7° E)

When: Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• The author describes the Albian as the Gault, which is divided by three different faunal assemblages: upper, middle and lower. This is a lower Albian collection.

Environment/lithology: gray, yellow sandstone

Primary reference: A. Jaccard. 1869. Jura Vaudois et Neuchatelois. Matériaux pour la carte géologique de la Suisse 6:1-340 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2170: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 23.06.1999

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica gaultina moon snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula ovata Phillips 1841 nut clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
 Arcida - Arcidae