Where: Neuchatel, Switzerland (47.0° N, 7.0° E: paleocoordinates 37.7° N, 16.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Pierre jaune Formation, Late/Upper Hauterivian (136.4 - 130.0 Ma)
• All material collected from a 1 cm thick level.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, glauconitic, ooidal grainstone and poorly lithified, glauconitic marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: H. Hess. 1970. Schlangensterne und Seesterne aus dem oberen Hauterivien "Pierre jaune" von St-Blaise bei Neuchatel. Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae 63(3):1069-1091 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 31986: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 30.05.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea | |
Isocrinus cf. neocomiensis Desor 1845 Sea lily | |
Echinoidea | |
Trochotiara rotularis sea urchin | |
Toxaster retusus Lamarck 1816 heart urchin | |
Plagiochasma olfersii Agassiz 1836 sea urchin | |
Ophiuroidea | |
"Ophiopeza buhleri n. sp." = Aplocoma buehleri
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Xanthamphiura hauteriviensis n. gen. n. sp.
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Asteroidea | |
Coulonia neocomiensis de Loriol 1874 sea star | |
Pycinaster sp. Spencer 1907 sea star | |
Chaetasterina gracilis n. gen. n. sp.
Chaetasterina gracilis n. gen. n. sp. Hess 1970 sea star | |
Protothyraster priscus de Loriol 1874 sea star | |
Stenolaemata | |
Multizonopora sp. d'Orbigny 1853 | |
Mesenteripora sp. de Blainville 1830 | |
Spiropora sp. Lamouroux 1821 |