Hägendorf 25: Opalinum, Switzerland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Gordenellidae
Promathildia sp. Andreae 1887
1 individual
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Pseudomytiloides dubius (Sowerby 1826)
1 individual
recombined as Parainoceramya dubia
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Bositra buchii (Roemer 1836)
250 individuals
recombined as Bositra buchi
Bivalvia - Pterioida
Entolium cingulatum (Goldfuss 1835)
1 individual
recombined as Neoentolium cingulatum
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte elegans
1 individual
unclassified
Planolites sp. Nicholson 1873
7 individuals
A
Planolites sp. Nicholson 1873
1 individual
B
Planolites sp. Nicholson 1873
1 individual
C
see common names

Geography
Country:Switzerland
Coordinates: 47.4° North, 7.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.8° North, 17.6° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Stage:Aalenian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 3
Key time interval:Opalinum
Age range of interval:175.60000 - 171.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Opalinuston
Local section:Hägendorf Local bed:25
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified mudstone
Environment:offshore Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Articulated whole bodies:some
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:mechanical
Collection size:254 individuals
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:35945
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-01-12 06:35:29 Last modified:2014-07-13 09:47:37
Access level:the public Released:2004-01-12 06:35:29
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

9638. W. Etter. 1990. Paläontologische Untersuchungen im unteren Opalinuston der Nordschweiz. 151pp. [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]