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 | |
Paracomatula helvetica Hess 1951 Feather star | |
Isocrinus nicoleti Desor 1845 Sea lily | |
Ophiuroidea | |
Geocoma schoentalensis Hess and Meyer 2008 brittle star |