Where: Switzerland (47.4° N, 8.2° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 34.5° N, 29.9° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Opalinuston Formation, Opalinum (175.6 - 171.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, original calcite
Collection methods: mechanical
Primary reference: W. Etter. 1990. Paläontologische Untersuchungen im unteren Opalinuston der Nordschweiz. 151pp. [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35826: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine NĂĽrnberg on 08.01.2004
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Bositra buchii" = Bositra buchi
"Bositra buchii" = Bositra buchi Roemer 1836 oyster | |
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
Tancredia sp. Lycett 1850 clam | |
Mesomiltha lirata clam | |
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