Shell-bed coquina

Fossil specimen · Mont Soleil, Jura arc · Middle Jurassic (Bajocian)

Naturmuseum Naturbiel·NMNB 2026.0211

Fossil

Specimen overview

Rock type Coquina · bioclastic limestone
Higher taxonomy Bivalvia · Gastropoda (mixed assemblage)
Lithostratigraphic Hauptrogenstein Formation · Bajocian Jura arc

Geologic age

Age
BajocianAge
170.9 – 168.2 Ma
in Middle Jurassic

Stratigraphy

Lithostratigraphy

Formation
Hauptrogenstein Formation

strati.ch · Swiss Geological Survey

Tectonostratigraphy

Domain
Jura Mountains
Subdomain
Folded Jura

TK500 4th ed. (2024) · swisstopo

Locality

Map showing the locality of Shell-bed coquina
Mont Soleil · Middle Jurassic
Named place
Mont Soleil
Country
Switzerland
First-order division
Bern
Sampled feature
outcrop

Exact coordinates available on request from the holding institution.