Where: Switzerland (47.4° N, 7.7° E: paleocoordinates 36.3° N, 15.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)

• 10 cm bed

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, yellow claystone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: H. Hess. 1962. Mikropaläontologische Untersuchungen an Ophiuren II. Die Ophiuren aus dem Lias (Pliensbachien-Toarcien) von Seewen (Kt. Solothurn). Bericht der schweitzerischen palaeontologischen Gesellschaft 55(2):609-656 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 58314: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 31.01.2006

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