Marne de Bavilliers

Representation and status

Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Bavilliers-Mergel
Français
Marne de Bavilliers
Italiano
Marna di Bavilliers
English
Bavilliers Marl
Origin of the Name

Bavilliers (France)

Historical Variants

Marnes de Bavilliers (BRGM Lure, BRGM-Doubs)

Description

Thickness
1-5 m (BRGM Lure)

Components

Fossil Content

Parkinsonia cf. schloenbachi, Parkinsonia cf. neuffensis, Terebratula veziani, Pholadomyes

Hierarchy and sequence

Age

Age at top
  • early Bathonian
Age at base
  • early Bathonian

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Dogger of the Jura Mountains
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Metamorphism
non metamorphic
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