We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
The fish fauna of the Late Jurassic Solothurn Turtle Limestone (NW Switzerland).
- Authors
Müller, Moyna
- Abstract
The surroundings of Solothurn (NW Switzerland) have been known for their fossil marine turtles since the beginning of the nineteenth century. In more recent history, access to the fossil bearing layers i.e. the Rätschenbank (Kimmeridgian, Late Jurassic) has not been possible until 1986 when one of the old quarries in the area re-opened. A series of excavations from 1986 to 1989 provided new material and a unique opportunity to re-investigate the fish fauna of the Solothurn Turtle Limestone that has not been dealt with since Agassiz (1833-1844). Examination and classification of the Solothurn specimens, mainly jaw fragments and teeth, furnished 11 species in 6 major groups: chimaeras ( Ischyodus), selachians ( Hybodus, Paracestracion, Asteracanthus), semionotids ( Lepidotes), pycnodontids ( Gyrodus, Proscinetes), caturids and oligopleurids ( Caturus, Callopterus, Ionoscopus), and aspidorhynchids ( Belonostomus).
- Subjects
JURA Mountains (France &; Switzerland); SOLOTHURN (Switzerland); SWITZERLAND; FOSSIL fishes; FISHES; JURASSIC paleoecology
- Publication
Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 2011, Vol 104, p133
- ISSN
1661-8726
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00015-011-0061-5