Echinoderms, claytone, Koenigi zone, Liesberg-Dorf, Berner Jura (Jurassic of Switzerland)

Where: Switzerland (47.4° N, 7.4° E: paleocoordinates 38.0° N, 16.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

• Koenigi zone

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, gray claystone

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: H. Hess. 1963. Mikropaläontologische Untersuchungen an Ophiuren. III: Die Ophiuren aus dem Callovienton von Liesberg (Berner Jura). Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 56(2):1141-1164 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 61717: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 23.06.2006

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Pseudocitharina proxima, Progonocythere cf. juglandica
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Tristix acutangulatum, Frondicularia nikitini, Planularia cordiformis, Planularia tricarinella, Planularia beierana, Nodosaria cf. mutabilis, "Citharina cf. heteropleura" = Citharina heteropleura, "Vaginulina flabelloides" = Citharina heteropleura
Planularia beierana Guembel 1862
"Citharina cf. heteropleura" = Citharina heteropleura Terquem 1868
"Vaginulina flabelloides" = Citharina heteropleura Terquem 1868
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina rotulata, Saracenaria cornucopiae, Saracenaria cf. triquetra
Lenticulina rotulata Lamarck 1804
Foraminifera
 Spirillinina - Spirillinidae
Spirillina tenuissima
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"Lenticulina ex gr. subalata" = Cristellaria subalata
"Lenticulina ex gr. subalata" = Cristellaria subalata Reuss 1854
 Trochamminacea - Trochamminidae
Trochammina inflata
Trochammina inflata Montagu 1803
 Lituolida - Ammobaculinidae
Haplophragmium aequale, Haplophragmium subaequale
Ostracoda
 Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Cytherelloidea sp., Cytherella sp.
Cytherelloidea sp. Alexander 1929 ostracod
Cytherella sp. Jones 1849 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bythocytheridae
Monoceratina scrobiculata, Monoceratina aff. ungulina, Monoceratina vulsa
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Schuleridea cf. triebeli
 Podocopida - Cytheridae
Lophocythere cruciata, Lophocythere scabra
Ophiuroidea
 Ophiurida - Ophiosphalmidae
Ophiomusium calloviense n. sp.
Ophiomusium calloviense n. sp. Hess 1963 brittle star
362 lateral plates, 24 vertebrae
 Ophiurida - Aplocomidae
? Ophiopetra cf. lithographica, "? Ophiopinna derecta n. sp." = Geocoma carinata, "? Ophiopinna wolburgi" = Sinosura wolburgi
? Ophiopetra cf. lithographica Enay and Hess 1962 brittle star
392 lateral plates
"? Ophiopinna derecta n. sp." = Geocoma carinata Goldfuss 1833 brittle star
491 lateral plates, 410 vertebrae
"? Ophiopinna wolburgi" = Sinosura wolburgi Hess 1960 brittle star
1224 lateral plates, 1471 vertebrae
 Ophiacanthida - Ophiacanthidae
? Ophiacantha liesbergensis n. sp.
? Ophiacantha liesbergensis n. sp. Hess 1963 brittle star
23 lateral plates, 30 vertebrae
Asteroidea
 Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Pentasteria sp.
Pentasteria sp. Valette 1929 sea star
 Forcipulatida - Asteriidae
Asteriidae indet.
Asteriidae indet. Gray 1840 sea star
Crinoidea
 Comatulida - Solanocrinitidae
Archaeometra scrobiculata