Unter Hauenstein, bed 1A: Late/Upper Pliensbachian, Switzerland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Leptonectes tenuirostris
(Conybeare 1822)
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| original and current combination Ichthyosaurus tenuirostris | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Coordinates: | 47.4° North, 7.9° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.3° North, 16.0° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
| Stage: | Pliensbachian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pliensbachian | Ammonoid zone: | Amaltheus margaritatus |
| Age range of interval: | 192.90000 - 184.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: early Late Pliensbachian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: limestone nodule embedded in marly clays and marls | |
| Environment: | offshore indet. |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 90422 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-07-20 05:33:36 | Last modified: | 2009-07-20 08:38:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-07-20 05:33:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 30379. | M. W. Maisch and A. G. Reisdorf. 2006. Evidence for the longest stratigraphic range of a post-Triassic Ichthyosaur: a Leptonectes tenuirostris from the Pliensbachian (Lower Jurassic) of Switzerland. Geobios 39:491-505 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |