AP2p-Jura (Cretaceous of Switzerland)
Where: Switzerland (46.7° N, 6.3° E: paleocoordinates 36.9° N, 16.2° E)
When: Early/Lower Aptian (125.5 - 122.5 Ma)
• The author divides the Aptian into upper and lower intervals. This is a lower Aptian collection.
Environment/lithology: marine; gray, yellow shale
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 2232: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Zack Krug on 28.06.1999, edited by Karen Layou
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Foraminifera | |
Anthozoa | |
Parasmilia aptiensis Pictet and Renevier 1858 stony coral | |
Cephalopoda | |
Belemnites semicanaliculatus belemnite | |
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Gastropoda | |
"Turbo munitus" = Hanaispira munitus, Turbo thurmanni
"Turbo munitus" = Hanaispira munitus Forbes 1845 snail
Turbo thurmanni snail | |
Trochus couveti top snail
Trochus oosteri top snail | |
Cerithium heeri cerith snail | |
Tylostoma rochatiana snail | |
Aporrhais forbesi, "Pterocera pelagi" = Harpagodes pelagi
Aporrhais forbesi snail
"Pterocera pelagi" = Harpagodes pelagi Brongniart 1821 snail | |
Murex prestensis murex snail | |
"Actaeonina aptiensis" = Acteonina
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Nerinea palmata snail | |
Bulla tombeckiana snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Arca aptiensis" = Barbatia aptiensis
"Arca aptiensis" = Barbatia aptiensis Pictet and Campiche 1866 clam | |
Plicatula placunea Lamarck 1819 scallop | |
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
"Ostrea boussingaulti" = Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) boussingaulti
"Ostrea boussingaulti" = Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) boussingaulti d'Orbigny 1842 oyster | |
Ostrea aquila oyster | |
"Lithodomus prestensis" = Lithophaga
"Lithodomus prestensis" = Lithophaga mussel | |
Fimbria corrugata clam | |
Thetis prestensis clam | |
Pholadomya elongata Münster 1840 clam | |
Cardium forbesi cockle
Cardium ibbetsoni cockle | |
Panopea neocomiensis clam
Panopea plicata Sowerby 1829 clam | |
Trigonia caudata clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Rhynchonella gibbsiana" = Cyclothyris gibbsiana
"Rhynchonella gibbsiana" = Cyclothyris gibbsiana Sowerby 1829 | |
"Terebratula biplicata" = Nucleatina biplicata
"Terebratula biplicata" = Nucleatina biplicata Sowerby 1812 | |
Terebratella sp. d'Orbigny 1847 | |
"Terebratula tamarindus" = Psilothyris tamarindus
"Terebratula tamarindus" = Psilothyris tamarindus Sowerby 1836 | |
Polychaeta | |
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Malacostraca | |
"Homarus latreillei" = Hoploparia edwardsi
"Homarus latreillei" = Hoploparia edwardsi Robineae-Desvoidy 1849 clawed lobster | |
Echinoidea | |
Cidaris heteracantha pencil urchin | |
Holectypus similis sea urchin | |
Nucleolites roberti sea urchin | |
"Pseudodiadema carthusianum" = Diplopodia (Pseudodiadema)
"Pseudodiadema carthusianum" = Diplopodia (Pseudodiadema) sea urchin | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch | |
"Odontaspis gracilis" = Lamna gracilis
"Odontaspis gracilis" = Lamna gracilis Agassiz 1843 mackerel shark | |
Actinopteri | |
Pycnodus complanatus Agassiz 1834
Pycnodus munsteri Agassiz 1839 |