Dentalienton-Formation

Representation and status

Index
jmDT
Color CMYK
(0%,16%,34%,25%)
Color RGB
R: 190 G: 160 B: 125
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
valid formal name

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Dentalienton-Formation
Français
Dentalienton-Formation
Italiano
Dentalienton-Formation
English
Dentalienton-Formation
Origin of the Name

Namengebendes Fossil: Scaphopode Laevidentalium entalloides (Deslongchamps) = Dentalium parkinsoni Quenstedt. Siehe auch Lithostratigraphisches Lexikon Deutschland (LithoLex).

Historical Variants

Dentalien-Tone (Schlegelmilch 1985), Dentalienton-Formation (STD 2002/2016, LGRB 2016)

Description

Thickness
3-25 m (LithoLex).

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units

Age

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

Geography

Geographical extent
Wutachgebiet und Schwäbische Alb (Baden-Württemberg, SW-Deutschland).

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Dogger of the Jura Mountains
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary

  • Fuscusbank

    Name Origin
    Namengebendes Fossil (Ammonitenart): Oecotraustes fuscus.
    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Bed
    Status
    informal term
    In short
    Kalkhorizont im mittleren Teil der Dentalienton-Fm.
    Age
    Bathonian
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  • Wettbachton

    Name Origin
    Fluss Wettbach (Deutschland)
    Rank
    lithostratigraphic unit
    Status
    informal term
    In short
    Tonmergelabfolge im unteren Teil der Dentalienton-Fm.
    Age
    late Bajocian
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