Phase 2, 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, burrowed, 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 58565: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 14.02.2006

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Ophiuroidea
 Ophiurida - Ophiosphalmidae
Ophiomusium gagnebini Thurmann 1851 brittle star
 Ophiurida - Aplocomidae
? Ophiopetra oertlii Hess 1965 brittle star
Sinosura wolburgi Hess 1960 brittle star
Asteroidea
 Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
"Pentasteria longispina" = Pentasteria (Archastropecten) longispina
"Pentasteria longispina" = Pentasteria (Archastropecten) longispina Hess 1968 sea star
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Erymidae
Eryma sp. Von Meyer 1840 decapod
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
"Dichotomoceras sp." = Perisphinctes (Dichotomoceras)
"Dichotomoceras sp." = Perisphinctes (Dichotomoceras) ammonite