Herznach mine, bed C.3: Late/Upper Callovian, Switzerland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Pseudonautilidae
Nautilus (Pseudaganides) krenkeli Jeannet 1951
recombined as Pseudaganides krenkeli
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Reineckeiidae
Reineckeites douvillei (Steinmann 1881)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kosmoceratidae
Zugokosmoceras cf. obductum (Buckman 1925)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Euaspidoceras ferrugineum Jeannet 1951
(3 measurements)
Euaspidoceras cf. ferrugineum Jeannet 1951
Euaspidoceras cf. hirsutum (Bayle 1878)
(2 measurements)
Peltoceras athleta (Phillips 1829)
recombined as Peltoceras (Peltoceras) athleta
Metapeltoceras helveticum n. sp. Jeannet 1951
(1 measurement)
Peltoceras trifidum (Quenstedt 1887)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lissoceratidae
Lissoceras jullieni Douvillé 1914
(1 measurement)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Campylites secula Spath 1928
(1 measurement)
Lunuloceras sp.
Lunuloceras pleurospanium (Parona and Bonarelli 1895)
(1 measurement)
Lunuloceras lunuloides (Kilian 1889)
Brightia lugeoni (Tsytovitch 1911)
(1 measurement)
Rossiensiceras cf. paucifalcatum (Till 1910)
(1 measurement)
Orbignyceras paulowi (Tystovitch 1911)
Orbignyceras pseudopunctatum (Lahusen 1883)
Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Calliphylloceras demidoffi (Rousseau 1842)
Sowerbyceras cf. tietzei (Till 1910)
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:Late/Upper Callovian Ammonoid zone: Peltoceras athleta
Age range of interval:165.30000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:ferruginous,ooidal,brown,red lithified "limestone"
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zurich (ETH)
Metadata
Database number:171565
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-07-12 21:36:27 Last modified:2015-07-12 21:36:27
Access level:the public Released:2015-07-12 21:36:27
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]