«Amaltheen-Schichten»
Back to «Belemnitenschichten» (sensu Oppel 1856-1858)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
- obsolete term (disused)
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- «Amaltheen-Schichten»
- Français
- «Couches à Amalthées»
- English
- «Amaltheus Beds»
- Origin of the Name
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Namengebendes Fossil (Ammonitengattung): Amaltheus spp., insb. Amaltheus margaritatus (de Montfort).
- Historical Variants
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Amaltheentone / Amaltheenthone (Fraas (1859, Oppel 1856-1858, Moesch 1857 und 1867, Waagen 1864, Schill 1873, Frentzen 1934), Amaltheen-Thon (Renevier 1896), Amaltheen-Schichten (Buxtorf 1907, Elber 1921, Frentzen 1934), Marnes à amalthées (Donzeau et al. 1997, Brentini 2018), marnes à Amalthées (Meyer et al. 2000)
Age
- Age at top
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- early Toarcian
- Note about top
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tenuicostatum-Zone, paltum-Subzone
- Age at base
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- late Pliensbachian (= Domerian)
- Note about base
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margaritatus-Z., stokesi-Sz.
Geography
- Type area
- Süd-Deutschland
Palaenography and tectonic
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- Liassic of the Jura Moutains
- Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
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Jura
:
Juragebirge
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Jura
:
- Kind of protolith
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- sedimentary
- Metamorphism
- non metamorphic