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SWISS JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES
Volume 104, Issue -, Pages S133-S146Publisher
SPRINGER BASEL AG
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-011-0061-5
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Fish fauna; Palaeoecology; Microvertebrates; Late Jurassic; Solothurn Turtle Limestone; Jura Mountains; Switzerland
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- University of Vienna, Austria
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The surroundings of Solothurn (NW Switzerland) have been known for their fossil marine turtles since the beginning of the nineteenth century. In more recent history, access to the fossil bearing layers i.e. the Ratschenbank (Kimmeridgian, Late Jurassic) has not been possible until 1986 when one of the old quarries in the area re-opened. A series of excavations from 1986 to 1989 provided new material and a unique opportunity to re-investigate the fish fauna of the Solothurn Turtle Limestone that has not been dealt with since Agassiz (1833-1844). Examination and classification of the Solothurn specimens, mainly jaw fragments and teeth, furnished 11 species in 6 major groups: chimaeras (Ischyodus), selachians (Hybodus, Paracestracion, Asteracanthus), semionotids (Lepidotes), pycnodontids (Gyrodus, Proscinetes), caturids and oligopleurids (Caturus, Callopterus, Ionoscopus), and aspidorhynchids (Belonostomus).
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