Hiking trail, Schöntal Monastry, Langenbruck (Jurassic of Switzerland)

Where: Switzerland (47.4° N, 7.8° E: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 17.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Hauptrogenstein Formation, Bajocian (170.3 - 168.3 Ma)

• Obere Oolithische Serie, Parkinsoni zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithified, ooidal grainstone

Primary reference: H. Hess and C. A. Meyer. 2008. A new ophiuroid (Geocoma schoentalensis sp. nov.) from the Middle Jurassic of northeastern Switzerland and remarks on the family Aplocomidae Hess 1965. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 101:29-40 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83659: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 25.08.2008

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Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
 Comatulida - Paracomatulidae
Paracomatula helvetica Hess 1951 Feather star
 Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
Isocrinus nicoleti Desor 1845 Sea lily
Ophiuroidea
 Ophiurida - Aplocomidae
Geocoma schoentalensis Hess and Meyer 2008 brittle star