AP2p-Jura (Cretaceous of Switzerland)
Where: Switzerland (46.7° N, 6.3° E: paleocoordinates 36.4° N, 16.0° E)
When: Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)
• The author divides the Aptian into upper and lower intervals based on variations in faunal assemblages and lithologies. This is a lower Aptian collection.
Environment/lithology: gray, yellow shale
Primary reference: A. Jaccard. 1869. Jura Vaudois et Neuchatelois. Matériaux pour la carte géologique de la Suisse 6:1-340 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 2177: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 24.06.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
Echinoidea | |
"Botriopygus sueurii" = Pygorhynchus
"Botriopygus sueurii" = Pygorhynchus sea urchin | |
Heteraster oblongus Brogniart 1821 heart urchin | |
Cephalopoda | |
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Gastropoda | |
Pleurotomaria gigantea snail | |
Natica cornueliana moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Spondylus brunneri scallop | |
"Pecten greppini" = Syncyclonema greppini
"Pecten greppini" = Syncyclonema greppini Pictet and Renevier 1858 scallop | |
Fimbria corrugata clam |