Phase 1, Middle oxfordian, Weissenstein, Schofgraben, KT. solothurn (Jurassic of Switzerland)

Where: Switzerland (47.3° N, 7.5° E: paleocoordinates 38.3° N, 16.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Effinger Schichten Formation, Middle Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithified, calcareous sandstone

Collection methods: quarrying, chemical,

Primary reference: C. A. Meyer. 1984. Palökologie und Sedimentologie der Echinodermenlagerstätte Schofgraben (mittleres Oxfordian, Weissenstein, Kt. Solothurn). Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae 77(3):649-673 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 58564: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 14.02.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Ophiuroidea
 Ophiurida - Ophiosphalmidae
Ophiomusium gagnebini Thurmann 1851 brittle star
 Ophiurida - Aplocomidae
Sinosura wolburgi Hess 1960 brittle star
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Perisphinctidae indet. Steinmann 1890 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Erymidae
Eryma sp. Von Meyer 1840 decapod