Plattas-Member

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(24%,4%,0%,12%)
Color RGB
R: 170 G: 215 B: 225
Rank
lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
unknown status

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Plattas-Member
Français
Membre de Plattas
Italiano
Membro di Plattas
English
Plattas Member
Origin of the Name

Kleines abflussloses Becken von Plattas (GR) NNE Piz dal Corvs

Historical Variants
Aptychenkalk der Sursett-Serie und von Val Pedragrossa (Staub 1946), Rosso ad aptici (Caron et al. 1982), Plattas-Kalk

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Synonyms
Rosso ad Aptici

Description

Description
Rote, aptychenführende und stark vererzte Mergelkalke.
Thickness
1-5 m

Components

Fossil Content
  • crinoids
  • belemnites
  • aptychi
Lamellaptychus beyrichi (Oppel), Lamellaptychus lamellosus (Park.), Phyllocrinus sp.

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit
Units at roof
Units at floor

Age

Age at top
  • Tithonian
Age at base
  • Tithonian
Note about base
Kimmeridgien nach Dössegger et al. 1982
Dating Method

Biostratigraphie mit Aptychen

Palaenography and tectonic

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