Echinoderms, Oberer Hauptrogenstein, Late Bajocian, Schinznach, Aargau: Late/Upper Bajocian, Switzerland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
Isocrinus nicoleti (Desor 1845)
27 specimens
Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Pentacrinitidae
Pentacrinites dargniesi
Most elements of the sediments
Holothuroidea - Apodida
Holothuriopsis pawsoni n. gen., n. sp.
Hess 1973 1 specimen
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Polycidaridae
Paracidaris charmassei
25 specimens
Echinoidea - Pseudodiadematidae
Polydiadema ambiguum n. sp.
150 specimens
Echinoidea - Salenioida - Acrosaleniidae
Acrosalenia bradfordensis
93 specimens
Echinoidea - Hemicidaridae
Hessotiara koechlini
2 elements
spines
Asterocidaris granulosa
Hess 1973 2 specimens
Echinoidea - Nucleolitidae
Nucleolites cf. renggeri
2 specimens
Echinoidea - Echinothurioida - Pelanechinidae
Pelanodiadema oolithicum n. gen., n. sp.
113 specimens
synonym of Pelanechinus
Echinoidea - Stomopneustoida - Stomechinidae
Stomechinus cf. polyporus
12 specimens
Asteroidea - Velatida
Plesiosolaster moretonis n. gen., n. sp. (Forbes 1856)
4 specimens
    = Velatida indet. Perrier 1893
Villier et al. 2009
Asteroidea - Tremasteridae
Mesotremaster felli n. gen., n. sp. Hess 1972
11 specimens
Asteroidea - Neomorphasteridae
Argoviaster occultus n. gen., n. sp. Hess 1972
12 specimens
Asteroidea - Asteriidae
Dermaster boehmi de Loriol 1899
41 specimens
Asteroidea - Valvatida - Sphaerasteridae
Testudinaster peregrinus Hess 1983
Hess 1983 1 specimen
Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Noviaster polyplax n. sp. Hess 1972
26 specimens
Tylasteria berthandi (Wright 1880)
34 specimens
recombined as Comptoniaster berthandi
Asteroidea - Valvatida - Poraniidae
Sphaeriaster jurassicus n. sp. Hess 1972
3 specimens
Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Advenaster inermis Hess 1955
8 specimens
Pentasteria (Pentasteria) kelleri n. sp. Hess 1972
11 specimens
Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Aplocomidae
? Ophiopetra bathonica Hess 1964
5 specimens
Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Dermocomidae
Dermocoma wrighti Hess 1964
13 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Lopha sp. Röding 1798
Hess 1973 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
? Ctenostreon sp. Eichwald 1862
Hess 1973 1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Switzerland County:Aargau
Coordinates: 47.5° North, 8.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.3° North, 17.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Stage:Bajocian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 4
*Period:Middle Jurassic - Middle Jurassic
*International age/stage:Late/Upper Bajocian - Late/Upper Bajocian *Local age/stage:Late/Upper Hauptrogenstein
Key time interval:Late/Upper Bajocian
Age range of interval:168.60000 - 168.20000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:"cross stratification",ooidal lithified grainstone
Secondary lithology: poorly lithified marl
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Thin argilaceous levels between ooidal limestone beds
Environment:open shallow subtidal Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Articulated whole bodies:many
Associated major elements:many
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:some
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,field collection,survey of museum collection
Collection size:440 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:32036
Authorizer:L. Villier Enterer:L. Villier
Modifier:L. Villier Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-06-02 01:47:07 Last modified:2006-02-01 07:20:15
Access level:the public Released:2003-06-02 01:47:07
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

8602. H. Hess. 1972. Eine Echinodermen-Fauna aus dem mittleren Dogger des Aargauer Juras. Schweizerische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 92:1-86 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]

Secondary references:

16550 H. Hess. 1973. Neue Echinodermenfunde aus dem mittleren Dogger des Aargauer Juras. Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae 66(3):625-656 [L. Villier/L. Villier]
17711 H. Hess. 1983. Ein Neuer Seestern (Testudinaster peregrinus n.g. n. sp.) aus dem mittleren Dogger des Aargauer Juras. Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae 76(3):919-925 [L. Villier/L. Villier]
30188 L. Villier, S. Charbonnier, and B. Riou. 2009. Sea stars from Middle Jurassic Lagerstätte of La Voulte-sur-Rhône (Ardèche, France). Journal of Paleontology 83(3):389-398 [L. Villier/L. Villier]