Brachiopod assemblage

Compound specimen · Jura arc, Switzerland · Devonian

Naturmuseum Naturbiel·NMNB 1992.0078

Fossil

Specimen overview

Higher taxonomy Brachiopoda
Lithostratigraphic Devonian limestone

Constituent parts (3)

Atrypa reticularis (la) Major inclusion

Classification · (Linnaeus, 1758)

Also known as Netted spirifer ( en, alternate name )

Spire-bearing brachiopod · dominant species in the assemblage

Higher taxonomy Atrypida · Brachiopoda

Spirifer mucronatus (la) Minor inclusion

Classification · (Conrad, 1841)

Spire-bearing brachiopod · co-occurring species

Higher taxonomy Spiriferida · Brachiopoda

Bioclastic limestone (en) Major matrix

Classification

Bioclastic host rock · Devonian

Rock type Bioclastic limestone
Lithostratigraphic Devonian limestone Jura arc

Geologic age

Earliest age
Early DevonianEpoch
419 – 394.3 Ma
in Devonian
Latest age
Middle DevonianEpoch
394.3 – 378.9 Ma
in Devonian

Stratigraphy

Lithostratigraphy

Formation
Devonian limestone

strati.ch · Swiss Geological Survey

Tectonostratigraphy

Domain
Jura Mountains
Subdomain
Folded Jura

TK500 4th ed. (2024) · swisstopo

Locality

Map showing the locality of Brachiopod assemblage
Jura arc · Devonian
Named place
Jura arc, Bernese Jura
Country
Switzerland
First-order division
Bern
Sampled feature
outcrop

Exact coordinates available on request from the holding institution.