Coral-bearing limestone

Compound specimen · Solothurn Jura, Switzerland · Early Devonian

Naturmuseum Solothurn·NMSO 1985.0211

Fossil

Specimen overview

Lithostratigraphic Early Devonian limestone
Higher taxonomy Rugosa · Bivalvia · Brachiopoda

Constituent parts (4)

Bioclastic limestone (en) Major matrix

Classification

Sedimentary host rock

Rock type Bioclastic limestone

Rugose coral (en) Minor inclusion

Classification

Also known as Rugosakoralle ( de, alternate name )

Tabulate growth form

Higher taxonomy Rugosa · Cnidaria

Brachiopod shell (en) Minor inclusion

Classification

Articulated valves

Higher taxonomy Brachiopoda

Pyrite (en) Trace alteration product

Classification

Diagenetic replacement

Nickel-Strunz 2.EB.05a

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 Coral-bearing limestone
Solothurn Jura · Early Devonian
Country
Switzerland
First-order division
Solothurn
Sampled feature
outcrop

Exact coordinates available on request from the holding institution.