«Planorbis-Kalke»

Representation and status

Color CMYK
(0%,11%,72%,8%)
Color RGB
R: 235 G: 210 B: 65
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
incorrect term (disused)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Planorbis-Kalke»
Français
«Calcaire à Planorbis»
Italiano
«Calcare a Planorbis»
English
«Planorbis Limestone»
Origin of the Name

Namengebendes Fossil: Süsswasser-Gastropodenart Planorbis pseudoammonius von Schlotheim 1820

Historical Variants

«Unterer Süsswasserkalk», Planorbenkalk = Lutetien (Bartholet 1964), Planorbiskalke (Disler 1941), Süsswasserkalke mit Planorbis pseudoammonius (Waibel & Burri 1961), Planorbis-Kalke (Geyer et al. 2003), Planorbenkalke (Hinske 2003)

Description

Thickness
7-20 m (Wittmann 1949); bis über 5 m (Geyer et al. 2003)

Components

Fossil Content
  • gastropods

Planorbis pseudoammonius

Hierarchy and sequence

Units at roof

Age

Age at top
  • Lutetian
Age at base
  • Lutetian

Geography

Geographical extent
Südlicher Oberrheingraben (Bouxwiler, Istein, ...).

Palaenography and tectonic

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