Hägendorf 12: Opalinum, Switzerland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Pseudomytiloides dubius
(Sowerby 1826)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
recombined as Parainoceramya dubia | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Posidoniidae
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Bositra buchii
(Roemer 1836)
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100 individuals | |||||||||
recombined as Bositra buchi | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pterioida
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Entolium cingulatum
(Goldfuss 1835)
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1 individual | |||||||||
recombined as Neoentolium cingulatum | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Rhynchonellidae
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Homoeorhynchia sp.
Buckman 1917
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1 individual | |||||||||
unclassified
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Planolites sp.
Nicholson 1873
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28 individuals | |||||||||
A (25 individuals) B (3 individuals) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Switzerland |
Coordinates: | 47.4° North, 7.8° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 36.8° North, 17.6° East |
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic |
Stage: | Aalenian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 3 |
Key time interval: | Opalinum | ||
Age range of interval: | 174.70000 - 170.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Opalinuston | ||
Local section: | Hägendorf | Local bed: | 12 |
Local order: | bottom to top | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified mudstone | ||
Environment: | offshore | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression,original calcite |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Articulated whole bodies: | some |
Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | mechanical |
Collection size: | 104 individuals |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 35935 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Aberhan | Enterer: | S. Nurnberg |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2004-01-12 06:29:00 | Last modified: | 2017-08-01 19:16:23 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-01-12 06:29:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
9638. | W. Etter. 1990. Paläontologische Untersuchungen im unteren Opalinuston der Nordschweiz. 151pp. [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg] |