Where: Switzerland (47.0° N, 6.9° E: paleocoordinates 37.7° N, 16.1° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Mergel and Knollenmergel zone Formation, Hauterivian (136.4 - 130.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: gray shale

Collection methods: This is part of a bed-by-bed listing of fossils at this locality, based on a previously published list by Baumberger and Moulin (1898)

Primary reference: C.h. Haefeli, W. Maync, H. J. Oertli and R. F. Rutsch. 1965. Die Typus-Profile des Valanginien und Hauterivien. Bulletin der Vereinigung Schweiz. Petroleum-Geologen Und Ingenieure 31(81):41-75 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement] more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2246: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 29.06.1999