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Reuchenette

100 occ. 16 taxa (5 genera) 1 countries
Description

The Reuchenette Formation is a Jurassic geologic formation in Switzerland. It is Kimmeridgian in age and predominantly consists of well stratified limestone, with lithology variable both laterally and stratigraphically including wackestones, packstones and grainstones, as well as mudstone. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, including the Turiasaurian sauropod Amanzia greppini, alongside a theropod tooth belonging to Ceratosauria indet, originally assigned to Megalosaurus meriani. teleosaurid crocodyliformes are also known, including Sericodon, Proexochokefalos and Machimosaurus. The metriorhynchid thalatosuchians Torvoneustes and Dakosaurus. The hybodontid shark Asteracanthus. The thalassochelydian turtle Thalassemys and Solnhofia is known from the formation, as is the platychelyid turtles Platychelys, and the plesiochelyid turtle Plesiochelys.

Genera
5 genera
Breviparopus
Dinosaurs
Valid Ichnogenus 3 occ. · 175 Ma
Brontopodus
Dinosaurs
Valid Ichnogenus 2 occ. · 201 Ma
Parabrontopodus
Dinosaurs
Valid Ichnogenus Formal taxon 2 occ. · 201 Ma
Carmelopodus
Dinosaurs
Valid Ichnogenus Formal taxon 1 occ. · 201 Ma
Megalosauripus
Dinosaurs
Valid Ichnogenus 1 occ. · 201 Ma
Reuchenette
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Oxfordian (Upper Jurassic) cyclic sediments at Péry-Reuchenette, near Tavannes, kanton Bern, Switzerland. Alternating layers are limestone (light, more competent) and marl/clay; dominant cycle is the 200.000 year-cycle. © Woudloper · Public domain · Wikipedia
Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Geological group / Member
Courtedoux 77
Solothurn Turtle Limestone 8
Chevenez 1
Top countries
🇨🇭 Switzerland 100
Depositional environments
Peritidal 79
Marine indet. 5
Coastal indet. 4
Shallow subtidal indet. 4
Small lake 3
Terrestrial indet. 3
Carbonate indet. 1
Lagoonal / restricted shallow subtidal 1
Top collectors
Greppin 3
C. Meyer 2
M. Lockley 2
Section d'archéologie et paléontologie 1
Collection activity by decade
1980s 3
1990s 2
2000s 95
2010s 52