Schinznach 115 (Jurassic of Switzerland)

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 35836: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 08.01.2004

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Tanaidacea - Jurapseudidae
 Decapoda -
Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802 decapod
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
"Alaria subpunctata" = Toarctocera subpunctata
"Alaria subpunctata" = Toarctocera subpunctata Münster 1844 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cryptaulacidae
"Cryptaulax armata" = Cryptaulax armatum
"Cryptaulax armata" = Cryptaulax armatum Goldfuss 1843 snail
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
"Pseudomytiloides dubius" = Parainoceramya dubia
"Pseudomytiloides dubius" = Parainoceramya dubia Sowerby 1826 clam
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
"Bositra buchii" = Bositra buchi
"Bositra buchii" = Bositra buchi Roemer 1836 oyster
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Ichnofossils -
Planolites sp. Nicholson 1873
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