Coral-bearing limestone

Compound specimen · Solothurn Jura, Switzerland · Lower Devonian

Naturmuseum Solothurn ·NMSO 1985.0211

Specimen overview

Lithostratigraphic Lower Devonian limestone
Higher taxonomy Rugosa · Bivalvia · Brachiopoda
Nickel-Strunz 2.EB.05a

Constituent parts (4)

Limestone matrix

Sedimentary host rock

Rock type Bioclastic limestone

Rugose coral

Tabulate growth form

Higher taxonomy Rugosa · Cnidaria

Brachiopod shell

Articulated valves

Higher taxonomy Brachiopoda

Pyrite

Diagenetic replacement

Nickel-Strunz 2.EB.05a

Locality

Map showing the locality of Coral-bearing limestone
Solothurn Jura · Lower Devonian — exact coordinates available on request from the holding institution.