Herznach mine, bed D.1: Late Callovian, Switzerland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Peltoceratoides informal sp. B
Euaspidoceras ferrugineum Jeannet 1951
(2 measurements)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kosmoceratidae
? Kepplerites sp. Neumayr and Uhlig 1892
Cosmoceras duncani (Sowerby 1816)
Cosmoceras spinosum (Sowerby 1826)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Creniceras renggeri (Oppel 1863)
Berniceras cf. inconspicuum (de Loriol 1898)
(1 measurement)
Rollieria informal sp. A
Rollieria informal sp. C
Rollieria rollieri n. sp. Jeannet 1951
(1 measurement)
Rollieria canaliculata Jeannet 1951
(1 measurement)
Sublunuloceras sp.
Sublunuloceras nodosulcatum (Lahusen 1883)
Sublunuloceras cf. discoides Spath 1928
(1 measurement)
Sublunuloceras cf. lairense (Waagen 1875)
(2 measurements)
Brightia sveva (Bonarelli 1893)
(4 measurements)
Brightia metomphala (Bonarelli 1893)
(1 measurement)
Brightia brighti (Pratt 1841)
Brightia salvadori (Parona and Bonarelli 1895)
Rossiensiceras cf. rossiense (Teisseyre 1883)
(1 measurement)
Orbignyceras paulowi (Tystovitch 1911)
(6 measurements)
Orbignyceras aff. paulowi (Tystovitch 1911)
(1 measurement)
Orbignyceras pseudopunctatum (Lahusen 1883)
(1 measurement)
Kheraites ferrugineus Spath 1928
(3 measurements)
Lunuloceras lunuloides (Kilian 1889)
(3 measurements)
Lunuloceras pleurospanium (Parona and Bonarelli 1895)
Lunuloceras cf. pauper (Parona and Bonarelli 1895)
(1 measurement)
Lunuloceras cf. grossouvrei (Parona and Bonarelli 1895)
? Putealiceras sp.
Putealiceras punctatum (Stahl 1824)
(1 measurement)
Campylites secula Spath 1928
(1 measurement)
Concavites parallelus (Reinecke 1818)
Subbonarellia informal sp. A
Subbonarellia informal sp. B
Oppelia cf. subcostaria (Oppel 1862)
(1 measurement)
Bonarellia bicostata (Stahl 1824)
(2 measurements)
Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
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 Callovian Ammonoid zone:  Quenstedtoceras lamberti
Age range of interval: 165.3 - 161.5 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Considered lower Oxfordian by Jeannet, but below current position of Callovian-Oxfordian boundary
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:ferruginous,ooidal,brown 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:171572
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-07-12 23:44:32 Last modified:2015-07-12 23:44:32
Access level:the public Released:2015-07-12 23:44:32
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]