AL3sc-Jura (Cretaceous of Switzerland)
Where: Switzerland (46.8° N, 6.5° E: paleocoordinates 35.4° N, 10.6° E)
When: Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• the author describes the Albian as the Gault, and divides the faunal assemblages into three groups: upper, middle, and lower. This is a lower Albian collection
Environment/lithology: gray, yellow sandstone
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 2167: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 23.06.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Actinopteri | |
| Chondrichthyes | |
"Ischyodon thurmanni" = Chimaera (Ischyodon)
"Ischyodon thurmanni" = Chimaera (Ischyodon) chimaera | |
"Odontaspis gracilis" = Lamna gracilis
"Odontaspis gracilis" = Lamna gracilis Agassiz 1843 mackerel shark | |
| Cephalopoda | |
Ammonoidea cleon, Ammonoidea mammillatus, Ammonoidea regularis, Ammonoidea tardefurcatus, Ammonoidea interruptus, Ammonoidea milletianus, Ammonoidea subalpinus, Ammonoidea beudati
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Ancyloceras vaucherianus ammonite | |
"Ancyloceras blancheti" = Protanisoceras blancheti
"Ancyloceras blancheti" = Protanisoceras blancheti Pictet and Campiche 1861 ammonite | |
"Crioceras depressus" = Pictetia depressa
"Crioceras depressus" = Pictetia depressa Pictet and Campiche 1861 ammonite | |
"Nautilus albensis" = Cymatoceras albense, "Nautilus clementinus" = Eutrephoceras clementinum, "Nautilus montmollini" = Eutrephoceras montmollini
"Nautilus albensis" = Cymatoceras albense d'Orbigny 1850 nautiloid
"Nautilus clementinus" = Eutrephoceras clementinum d'Orbigny 1840 nautiloid
"Nautilus montmollini" = Eutrephoceras montmollini Pictet and Campiche 1859 nautiloid | |
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Belemnites minimus belemnite | |
| Scaphopoda | |
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Dentalium rhodani tusk shell | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Turbo coquandi snail | |
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Phasianella gaultina snail | |
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Trochus conoideus top snail | |
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Pleurotomaria gibbsi snail | |
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Tylostoma gaultinum snail | |
"Fusus dupinianus" = Rostellaria (Fusus), "Fusus clementina" = Rostellaria (Fusus)
"Fusus dupinianus" = Rostellaria (Fusus) true conch
"Fusus clementina" = Rostellaria (Fusus) true conch | |
Aporrhais obtusa, Aporrhais pseudo-subulata, Aporrhais marginata, Aporrhais cingulata, "Pterocera bicarinata" = Tessarolax bicarinata
"Pterocera bicarinata" = Tessarolax bicarinata Deshayes in Leymerie 1842 snail | |
"Scalaria dupiniana" = Confusiscala dupini, Scalaria clementina
"Scalaria dupiniana" = Confusiscala dupini d'Orbigny 1842 wentletrap
Scalaria clementina wentletrap | |
"Natica clementina" = Ampullospira clementina
"Natica clementina" = Ampullospira clementina d'Orbigny 1842 snail | |
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Helcion conicum limpet
Helcion inflexum limpet | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Nucula gurgitis nut clam
Nucula arduennensis nut clam
Nucula pectinata Sowerby 1818 nut clam
Nucula ovata Phillips 1841 nut clam | |
"Pectunculus alternatus" = Glycymeris
"Pectunculus alternatus" = Glycymeris clam | |
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Mytilus albensis mussel | |
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Cardita tenuicosta clam
Cardita constantii clam
"Cardita dupiniana" = Cardita dupini d'Orbigny 1843 clam | |
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Panopea acutisulcata clam
Panopea arduennensis clam | |
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Thracia simplex clam | |
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Cardium constantii cockle | |
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Tellina moreana tellin clam
Arcopagia rauliniana tellin clam | |
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Mactra gaultina clam | |
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Gastrochaena sanctae-crucis Spengler 1783 clam | |
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Myoconcha gaultina clam | |
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Pholas sanctae-crucis Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
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Thetis genevensis clam | |
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Lucina sanctae-crucis Bruguière 1797 clam | |
Trigonia aliformis, "Trigonia constantii" = Oistotrigonia constantii, "Trigonia archiaciana" = Oistotrigonia archiaciana
Trigonia aliformis clam
"Trigonia constantii" = Oistotrigonia constantii d'Orbigny 1900 clam
"Trigonia archiaciana" = Oistotrigonia archiaciana d'Orbigny 1900 clam | |