«Psilonotenbank»

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 125 G: 125 B: 125
Rank
lithostratigraphic Bed
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
obsolete term (disused)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Psilonotenbank»
Français
«Banc à Psilonotum»
Italiano
«Strati a Psilonotum»
English
«Psilonotum Bed»
Origin of the Name

Namengebendes Fossil (Ammonitenart): Psiloceras psilonotum.

Historical Variants

Psilonotenbank (Quenstedt 1843 und 1858, Schalch 1900, 1906, und 1919, Hölder 1964, Altmann 1965, LGRB 2004, Bloos et al. 2005), Psilonotenkalk (Schalch 1919, Altmann 1965), untere bzw. obere Psilonotenbank (Achilles & Schlatter 1986)

Description

Thickness
30-40 cm (Bloos et al. 2005)

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit

Age

Age at top
  • early Hettangian
Note about top

planorbis-Zone

Age at base
  • early Hettangian
Note about base

planorbis-Z.

Palaenography and tectonic

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