Ophiuroidea, Günsberg-Schichten, Oxfordian, Guldental, Solothurn (Jurassic of Switzerland)

Where: Switzerland (47.3° N, 7.6° E: paleocoordinates 38.4° N, 16.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Günsberg-Schichten Formation, Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• Bimammatum zone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified marl

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: H. Hess. 1975. Mikropaläontologische Untersuchungen an Ophiuren. VI. Die Ophiuren aus den Günsberg-Schichten (Oberes Oxford) von Guldental (KT. Solothurn). Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae 68(3):591-601 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 58317: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 31.01.2006, edited by Mihaela Krause

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
 Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
Isocrinus sp.1 von Meyer 1836 Sea lily
Ophiuroidea
 Ophiacanthida - Ophiacanthidae
? Ophiacantha biformis1 Hess 1975 brittle star
lateral shields
 Ophiacanthida - Ophiodermatidae
? Ophioderma spectabilis1 Hess 1966 brittle star
lateral shields
 Amphilepidida - Hemieuryalidae
? Hemieuryale sp.1 von Martens 1867 brittle star
lateral shields
 Ophiurida - Aplocomidae
? Ophiopetra cf. oertlii1 Hess 1965 brittle star
lateral shields
 Ophiurida - Ophiosphalmidae
Ophiomusium mammillatum1 Hess 1966 brittle star
lateral shields
Asteroidea
 Zorocallida -
Terminaster cancriformis1 Quenstedt 1876 sea star
 Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
"Pentasteria longispina" = Pentasteria (Archastropecten) longispina1
"Pentasteria longispina" = Pentasteria (Archastropecten) longispina1 Hess 1968 sea star
 Valvatida - Stauranderasteridae
? Stauranderaster sp.1 Spencer 1907 sea star
 Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Noviaster sp.1 Valette 1929 sea star
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida -
"Plegiocidaris cervicalis" = Plegiocidaris crucifera1
"Plegiocidaris cervicalis" = Plegiocidaris crucifera1 Agassiz 1840 pencil urchin
 Cidaroida - Diplocidaridae
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida -
 Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
 Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
"Sellithyris subsella" = Xestosina subsella2
"Sellithyris subsella" = Xestosina subsella2 Leymerie 1846