Schinznach 76: Opalinum, Switzerland
collected by W. Etter 1985-1987
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Malacostraca
- Isopoda
- Cirolanidae
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Palaega cf. jurassica
Stolley 1910
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Geography
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Coordinates: | 47.5° North, 8.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.9° North, 17.9° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| 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: | Opalinus Clay | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: From multiple horizons in the lower 25 m of the Opalinus Clay. Horizons almost certainly are those in Etter (1990) but are not stated. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified mudstone |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | W. Etter | Collection dates: | 1985-1987 |
| Collection method comments: Repository: PIMUZ (Paleontological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich) | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 138783 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | decapod,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-01-27 06:05:10 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:02:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-01-27 06:05:10 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 44466. | W. Etter. 1988. Isopoden und Tanaidaceen (Crustacea, Malacostraca) aus dem unteren Opalinuston der Nordschweiz. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 81:857-877 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |