Where: Switzerland (47.3° N, 7.0° E: paleocoordinates 38.2° N, 16.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Renggeri-Ton Formation, Early/Lower Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified claystone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: replaced with pyrite
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 62046: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 11.07.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea | |
Balanocrinus pentagonalis Goldfuss 1831 Sea lily | |
Asteroidea | |
Goniasteridae indet. Forbes 1841 sea star
Tylasteria jurensis Goldfuss 1833 sea star | |
Ophiuroidea | |
Ophiomusium cf. gagnebini Thurmann 1851 brittle star | |
"Ophiopinna wolburgi" = Sinosura wolburgi
"Ophiopinna wolburgi" = Sinosura wolburgi Hess 1960 brittle star 615 vertebrae, 413 lateral plates, 21 oral plates
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Ophiotrigonum oxfordiense n. gen. n. sp.
Ophiotrigonum oxfordiense n. gen. n. sp. Hess 1960 brittle star | |
Foraminifera | |
Ammobaculites sp. Cushman 1910 | |
Nodosariata | |
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
Saracenaria sp. Defrance 1824 | |
Nodosaria sp. Lamarck 1812 | |
Foraminifera | |
Ophthalmidium sp. Kübler and Zwingli 1870 |