«Austernbänke mit Ostrea Escheri»

Representation and status

Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 125 G: 125 B: 125
Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
incorrect term (disused)
Status discussion

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Austernbänke mit Ostrea Escheri»
Français
«Banc à Ostrea Escheri»
English
«Ostrea Escheri Bed»
Origin of the Name

Namengebendes Fossil: Gryphaea escheri (Mayer-Eymar)

Historical Variants

calcaire noir à Ostrea Escheri d'Appenzell = banc à O. Escheri (Mayer-Eymar 1890), Austernbänke in Leistmergel = Austernbänke mit Gryphaea Escheri (Arn. Heim 1923), couches à Ostrea Escheri (Jeannet & Leupold 1935)

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit
Units at roof
Units at floor

Age

Age at top
  • Campanian
Age at base
  • Santonian
Dating Method

Mikrofaunen und Nannofloren der Amden-Formation

Geography

Geographical extent
Zentral- und NE-Schweiz
Type profile
  • Schülberg (SZ)
    Site particularities
    • typische Fazies
    Site accessibility
    • Grat
    Coordinates
    • (2706010 / 1209260)
    Note
    • Gutes Profil am Schülberg (SZ) (Jeannet 1923).

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
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