Herznach mine, bed C.2 (Jurassic of Switzerland)

Where: Switzerland (47.5° N, 8.0° E: paleocoordinates 38.1° N, 17.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Peltoceras athleta ammonoid zone, Late/Upper Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, ferruginous, ooidal, brown, red limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zurich (ETH)

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 171552: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.07.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Erymidae
Eryma sp. Von Meyer 1840 decapod
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida -
Erymnoceras coronatum Bruguiere 1792 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Euaspidoceras ferrugineum n. sp. Jeannet 1951 ammonite
Parapeltoceras cf. oblongum Quenstedt 1887 ammonite
Peltoceras cf. berckhemeri Prieser 1937 ammonite
Peltoceras trifidum Quenstedt 1887 ammonite
Metapeltoceras cf. baylei Prieser 1937 ammonite
Metapeltoceras cf. diversiforme Waagen 1875 ammonite
Peltoceras cf. oeschingense Prieser 1937 ammonite
"Peltoceras athleta" = Peltoceras (Peltoceras) athleta Phillips 1829 ammonite
Peltoceratoides cf. nodopetens Uhlig 1881 ammonite
Rursiceras sp. ammonite
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
"Pseudopeltoceras cf. retrorsum" = Subgrossouvria famula Bean in Spath 1931 ammonite
Pseudopeltoceras cf. leckenbyi Bean 1931 ammonite
Pseudopeltoceras zuberi n. sp. Jeannet 1951 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Pachyceratidae
Rollierites dimidiatum Jeannet 1951 ammonite
Erymnoceras doliforme Roman 1930 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Kosmoceratidae
"Cosmoceras spinosum" = Kosmoceras spinosum
"Cosmoceras spinosum" = Kosmoceras spinosum Sowerby 1826 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Reineckeiidae
Collotites petitclerci n. sp. Jeannet 1951 ammonite
Collotites collotiformis n. sp. Jeannet 1951 ammonite
Kellawaysites cf. multicostatus Petitclerc 1915 ammonite
Kellawaysites planissimus Jeannet 1951 ammonite
Collotia frickensis n. sp. Jeannet 1951 ammonite
Collotia colloti n. sp. Jeannet 1951 ammonite
Reineckeites douvillei Steinmann 1881 ammonite
Reineckeia anceps Reinecke 1818 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Lytoceras sp., "Thysanolytoceras adeloides" = Lytoceras eudesianum adeloides
Lytoceras sp. Suess 1865 ammonite
"Thysanolytoceras adeloides" = Lytoceras eudesianum adeloides Kudernatsch 1852 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Kheraites cf. krakoviense Neumayr 1871 ammonite
Lunuloceras lunula Reinecke 1818 ammonite
Lunuloceras pleurospanium Parona and Bonarelli 1895 ammonite
Lunuloceras cf. richei Lemoine 1932 ammonite
Lunuloceras lunuloides Kilian 1889 ammonite
Lunuloceras cf. grossouvrei Parona and Bonarelli 1895 ammonite
Orbignyceras cf. kiliani Petitclerc 1915 ammonite
Orbignyceras paulowi Tystovitch 1911 ammonite
Brightia brighti Pratt 1841 ammonite
Brightia salvadori Parona and Bonarelli 1895 ammonite
Bonarellia bicostata Stahl 1824 ammonite
Rollieria canaliculata Jeannet 1951 ammonite
Rollieria freii Jeannet 1951 ammonite
Oppelia "sp. A" ammonite
Trimarginites primigenius Jeannet 1951 ammonite
Trimarginites villersi Rollier 1911 ammonite
Campylites secula Spath 1928 ammonite
Neoprionoceras sp. Spath 1928 ammonite
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Sowerbyceras cf. tietzei Till 1910 ammonite