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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda | |
Natica gaultina moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Nucula ovata Phillips 1841 nut clam | |
Mactra gaultina clam | |
Thetis genevensis clam | |
Trigonia aliformis clam | |
Arca carinata ark |