Also known as Ichthyosaur locality
Where: Switzerland (47.9° N, 8.6° E: paleocoordinates 36.9° N, 17.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Rietheim Member (Staffelegg Formation), Early/Lower Toarcian (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: concretion
Collected by Carol Sporli in 1981
Primary reference: A. G. Reisdorf, M. W. Maisch, and A. Wetzel. 2011. First record of the leptonectid ichthyosaur Eurhinosaurus longirostris from the Early Jurassic of Switzerland and its stratigraphic framework. Swiss Journal of Geoscience 104:211-224 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 142710: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Jonathan Tennant on 15.04.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda | |
Catacoeloceras raquinianum d'Orbigny 1845 ammonite |