Where: Switzerland (47.5° N, 8.1° E: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 14.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Gansingen Dolomite Formation, Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified dolomite
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: W. Wildi. 1976. Die Molluskenfauna des Gansinger Dolomites (Trias, Karnian, Mittlerer Keuper) im aargauischen Tafeljura (Nordschweiz) [The molluscan fauna of the Gansingen Dolomite (Triassic, Carnian) in the Aargau Jura Mountains (Northern Switzerland)]. Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae 69(3):671-684 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 69249: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.02.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Bakevellia gansingensis oyster | |
? Mysidioptera sp. Salomon 1895 file clam | |
Unionites dubius clam | |
Costatoria vestita clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Coelostylina arenacea snail | |
Zygopleura gansingensis snail
Zygopleura sp. snail | |
Dicosmos (Hologyra) sp. snail |