Limestone with coral fossil

Compound specimen · Jura, Switzerland · Early Devonian

Naturhistorisches Museum Bern·NMBE 1987.0342

Fossil

Specimen overview

Lithostratigraphic Early Devonian bioclastic limestone Helvetic Alps unit
Sampling event Collected 1987-06-14 by H. Müller

Constituent parts (3)

Bioclastic limestone (en) Major matrix

Classification

Also known as Kalkstein ( de, alternate name )

Sedimentary host rock · Early Devonian shelf carbonate

Rock type Bioclastic limestone
Lithostratigraphic Early Devonian shelf carbonate Helvetic Alps

Stylonema corallinum (la) Minor inclusion

Classification · (Müller, 1857)

Also known as Rugose coral ( en, alternate name ) · Rugosakoralle ( de, alternate name )

Solitary rugose coral · tabulate growth form

Higher taxonomy Rugosa · Cnidaria

Pyrite (en) Trace alteration product

Classification

Also known as Eisenkies ( de, historical ) · Fool's gold ( en, alternate name )

Diagenetic replacement along bioclast margins

Nickel-Strunz 2.EB.05a Sulfides and Sulfosalts · Pyrite group
Dana 02.12.01.01

Geologic age

Age
Early DevonianEpoch
419 – 394.3 Ma
in Devonian

Stratigraphy

Lithostratigraphy

Formation
Lower Devonian limestone

strati.ch · Swiss Geological Survey

Tectonostratigraphy

Domain
Helvetic
Subdomain
Lower Helvetic nappes
Unit
Helvetic Alps

TK500 4th ed. (2024) · swisstopo

Locality

Map showing the locality of Limestone with coral fossil
Jura · Early Devonian
Named place
Jura plateau outcrop
Country
Switzerland
First-order division
Bern
Sampled feature
outcrop
Verbatim locality

Jura, Switzerland — Lower Devonian limestone, sampled 1987

Exact coordinates available on request from the holding institution.