V2sc-Jura (Cretaceous of Switzerland)

Where: Switzerland (46.8° N, 6.5° E: paleocoordinates 37.7° N, 15.5° E)

When: Valanginian (139.8 - 132.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: carbonate

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 2213: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 25.06.1999

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica leviathan moon snail
Natica pidanceti moon snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya sanctae-crucis Sowerby 1823 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
"Terebratula valdensis" = Loriolithyris valdensis
"Terebratula valdensis" = Loriolithyris valdensis de Loriol 1868
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Echinoidea
 Irregularia - Nucleolitidae
 Spatangoida - Toxasteridae
Toxaster campichei heart urchin
 Holasteroida - Holasteridae
 Calycina - Diplopodiidae
"Pseudodiadema miliare" = Diplopodia (Pseudodiadema)
"Pseudodiadema miliare" = Diplopodia (Pseudodiadema) sea urchin
 Salenioida - Acrosaleniidae
Acrosalenia patella sea urchin
originally entered as "Arcosalenia patella"
Anthozoa
  -
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
unclassified
  -
Porifera indet. Grant 1836