Herznach, bed B.1 (Knecht collection): Middle Callovian, Switzerland
collected by Knecht 1947

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Paracenoceratidae
Nautilus (Paracenoceras) herznachensis Jeannet 1951
recombined as Paracenoceras herznachensis
see common names

Geography
Country:Switzerland
Coordinates: 47.5° North, 8.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.1° North, 17.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Stage:Callovian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Middle Callovian Ammonoid zone: Reineckeia anceps
Age range of interval:165.30000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Lower ore layer, lower Ancepsschichten
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:ferruginous,ooidal,brown,gray lithified "limestone"
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Knecht Collection dates:1947
Collection method comments: Repository: Personal collection of Knecht
Metadata
Database number:171560
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-07-12 20:31:39 Last modified:2015-07-12 20:32:42
Access level:the public Released:2015-07-12 20:31:39
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
55781. A. Jeannet. 1951. Stratigraphie und Palaeontologie des oolithischen Eisenerzlagers von Herznach und seiner Umgebung. Beiträge zur Geologie der Schweiz, Geotechnische Serie 13(5):1-240 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]