AP2sc-Jura (Cretaceous of Switzerland)
Where: Switzerland (46.8° N, 6.5° E: paleocoordinates 37.0° N, 16.4° E)
When: Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 122.5 Ma)
• The author divides the Aptian into upper and lower intervals based on variations in faunal assemblages and lithologies. This is a lower Aptian collection.
Environment/lithology: marine; gray, yellow shale
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 2175: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Zack Krug on 24.06.1999, edited by Karen Layou
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Foraminifera | |
Actinopteri | |
Pycnodus munsteri Agassiz 1839
Pycnodus complanatus Agassiz 1834 | |
Chondrichthyes | |
"Odontaspis gracilis" = Lamna gracilis
"Odontaspis gracilis" = Lamna gracilis Agassiz 1843 mackerel shark | |
Bivalvia | |
Nucula planata nut clam
Nucula simplex Deshayes 1842 nut clam | |
"Trigonia longa" = Rutitrigonia longa, Trigonia caudata, Trigonia carinata, Trigonia daedalea, "Trigonia ornata" = Oistotrigonia ornata
"Trigonia longa" = Rutitrigonia longa Agassiz 1840 clam
Trigonia caudata clam
Trigonia carinata clam
Trigonia daedalea clam
"Trigonia ornata" = Oistotrigonia ornata d'Orbigny 1843 clam | |
Astarte subcostata clam
Astarte buchii clam | |
Cardita fenestrata clam | |
Panopea neocomiensis clam
Panopea plicata Sowerby 1829 clam | |
Pholas cornueliana clam | |
Corbula elegantula clam | |
Anatina gurgitis clam | |
Venus vendoperana venus clam | |
"Psammobia studeri" = Gari (Psammobia)
"Psammobia studeri" = Gari (Psammobia) clam | |
Cardium forbesi, Cardium ibbetsoni, Cardium bellegardense, "Cardium sphaeroideum" = Globocardium sphaeroideum
Cardium forbesi cockle
Cardium ibbetsoni cockle
Cardium bellegardense cockle
"Cardium sphaeroideum" = Globocardium sphaeroideum Forbes 1845 cockle | |
Pholadomya pedernalis Roemer 1852 clam
Pholadomya elongata Münster 1840 clam | |
Fimbria corrugata clam | |
"Mytilus subsimplex" = Modiolus subsimplex, Mytilus cuvieri, Mytilus bellus, "Lithodomus oblongus" = Lithophaga, "Lithodomus archiaci" = Lithophaga
"Mytilus subsimplex" = Modiolus subsimplex d'Orbigny 1850 mussel
Mytilus cuvieri mussel
Mytilus bellus mussel
"Lithodomus oblongus" = Lithophaga mussel
"Lithodomus archiaci" = Lithophaga mussel | |
"Arca aptiensis" = Barbatia aptiensis, Arca glabra
"Arca aptiensis" = Barbatia aptiensis Pictet and Campiche 1866 clam
Arca glabra ark | |
Spondylus brunneri scallop | |
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
Plicatula placunea Lamarck 1819 scallop | |
Ostrea aquila, "Ostrea boussingaulti" = Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) boussingaulti
Ostrea aquila oyster
"Ostrea boussingaulti" = Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) boussingaulti d'Orbigny 1842 oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
Cerithium sanctae-crucis, Cerithium coquandi, Cerithium nicoleti, Cerithium heeri, Cerithium forbesianum, Cerithium valdense
Cerithium sanctae-crucis Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
Cerithium coquandi cerith snail
Cerithium nicoleti cerith snail
Cerithium heeri cerith snail
Cerithium forbesianum cerith snail
Cerithium valdense cerith snail | |
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"Scalaria brevis" = Bleytonella brevis
"Scalaria brevis" = Bleytonella brevis Pictet and Campiche 1826 snail | |
Tylostoma rochatiana snail | |
"Pterocera pelagi" = Harpagodes pelagi, Aporrhais forbesi, Aporrhais rouxii, Aporrhais triboleti, "Pterocera rochatiana" = Pterocera (Alaria) rochatiana
"Pterocera pelagi" = Harpagodes pelagi Brongniart 1821 snail
Aporrhais forbesi snail
Aporrhais rouxii snail
Aporrhais triboleti snail
"Pterocera rochatiana" = Pterocera (Alaria) rochatiana d'Orbigny 1850 snail | |
Murex prestensis murex snail | |
Fusus valdensis true whelk | |
Vermetus sanctae-crucis Daudin 1800 snail | |
"Turbo munitus" = Hanaispira munitus Forbes 1845 snail
Turbo thurmanni snail
Turbo langii snail
Turbo inaequilineatus snail | |
Trochus couveti top snail
Trochus oosteri top snail | |
Avellana aptiensis snail | |
Cephalopoda | |
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"Nautilus lallierianus" = Heminautilus lallierianus
"Nautilus lallierianus" = Heminautilus lallierianus d'Orbigny 1841 nautiloid |