AP1b-Jura (Cretaceous of Switzerland)
Where: Switzerland (46.7° N, 6.3° E: paleocoordinates 36.4° N, 16.0° E)
When: Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)
• The author divides the Aptian into upper and lower intervals. This is an upper Aptian collection.
Environment/lithology: gray 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 2233: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Zack Krug on 28.06.1999, edited by Karen Layou
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Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
Porifera indet. Grant 1836 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Terebratula biplicata" = Nucleatina biplicata
"Terebratula biplicata" = Nucleatina biplicata Sowerby 1812 | |
"Rhynchonella gibbsiana" = Cyclothyris gibbsiana
"Rhynchonella gibbsiana" = Cyclothyris gibbsiana Sowerby 1829 | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Bivalvia | |
Pecten dutemplei scallop | |
"Psammobia studeri" = Gari (Psammobia)
"Psammobia studeri" = Gari (Psammobia) clam | |
Trigonia aliformis clam | |
Echinoidea | |
Pygurus sp. Agassiz 1839 sea urchin | |
"Epiaster polygonus" = Epiaster distinctus
"Epiaster polygonus" = Epiaster distinctus Agassiz and Desor 1847 heart urchin | |
Salenia prestensis sea urchin |