Where: Switzerland (47.3° N, 7.5° E: paleocoordinates 38.3° N, 16.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Effingerschichten Formation, Middle Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
Primary reference: H. Hess. 1960. Ophiurenreste aus dem Malm des Schweizer Juras und des Departements Haut-Rhin. Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae 35(1):385-421 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 62045: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 11.07.2006, edited by Mihaela Krause
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ophiuroidea | |
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Asteroidea | |
Pentasteria cf. recta McCoy 1848 sea star | |
Crinoidea | |
Balanocrinus pentagonalis Goldfuss 1831 Sea lily | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Aulacothyris impressa Bronn 1833 |