Psilonotenton-Formation

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Representation and status

Index
juPT
Color CMYK
(17%,33%,0%,41%)
Color RGB
R: 125 G: 100 B: 150
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
valid formal name

Nomenclature

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

Namengebendes Fossil: Ammonitenart Psiloceras psilonotum (Quenstedt) ; siehe Lithostratigraphisches Lexikon Deutschland (LithoLex)

Historical Variants

Psilonotenton-Formation (STD 2002/2016, LGRB 2016)

Hierarchy and sequence

Units at roof

Age

Age at top
  • early Hettangian
Age at base
  • early Hettangian

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Liassic of the Jura Moutains
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
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