Ophiuroidea, Humeralis-Mergem, Raederdorf, Haut-Rhin (Jurassic of France)

Where: Haut-Rhin, France (47.5° N, 7.4° E: paleocoordinates 38.5° N, 16.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Humeralis Mergel Formation, Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified 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: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62062: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 11.07.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Ophiuroidea
 Amphilepidida - Ophiotrichidae
Ophiothrix royeri de Loriol 1872 brittle star
Crinoidea
 Comatulida -
 Millericrinida - Apiocrinitidae
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Ostrea bruntrutana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Ostrea bruntrutana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Zeilleria humeralis Roemer 1839