ammonites
Moutier III tracksite (Jurassic of Switzerland)

Also known as Moutier Gorges

Where: Switzerland (47.3° N, 7.4° E: paleocoordinates 38.3° N, 16.2° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Member (Reuchenette Formation), Early/Lower Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; mudstone

• inter- to supratidal environment
• "Exposed carbonate sediments"; tracks on "dense mudstone that shows birdseyes and is overlain by algal laminites"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: C. A. Meyer and B. Thüring. 2003. Dinosaurs of Switzerland. Comptes Rendus Palevol 2:103-117 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 90120: authorized by Matt Carrano, entered by Matt Carrano on 08.07.2009