Herznach mine, bed C.2/3: Late/Upper Callovian, Switzerland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Peltoceras cf. subtense (Leckenby 1859)
(1 measurement)
Peltoceras athleta (Phillips 1829)
recombined as Peltoceras (Peltoceras) athleta
Peltoceras modeli Peiser 1937
(1 measurement)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kosmoceratidae
Cosmoceras duncani (Sowerby 1816)
Cosmoceras spinosum (Sowerby 1826)
recombined as Kosmoceras spinosum
Zugokosmoceras jason (Reinecke 1818)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Brightia salvadori (Parona and Bonarelli 1895)
Rossiensiceras cf. rossiense (Teisseyre 1883)
(1 measurement)
Lunuloceras lunula (Reinecke 1818)
Lunuloceras cf. grossouvrei (Parona and Bonarelli 1895)
(1 measurement)
Bonarellia nodulosa (Quenstedt 1887)
(1 measurement)
Bonarellia bicostata (Stahl 1824)
(5 measurements)
Subbonarellia knechti n. sp. Jeannet 1951
(1 measurement)
Horioceras sp.
Campylites secula Spath 1928
Richeiceras informal sp. A Jeannet 1951
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:171589
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-07-13 22:00:13 Last modified:2015-07-14 22:54:24
Access level:the public Released:2015-07-13 22:00:13
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]