Macrocephalen-Kalke

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Representation and status

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

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Macrocephalen-Kalke
Français
Calcaire à Macrocephalus
English
Macrocephalus Limestone
Origin of the Name
Namengebendes Fossil: Ammonitenfamilie Macrocephalitidae (Superfamilie Stephanocerataceae).
Historical Variants
Macrocephalenkalke (Stäuble 1959)
Nomenclatorial Remarks
non: Calcaires ocreux à Macrocephalites macrocephalus (Rollier 1911)

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Dogger
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Metamorphism
non metamorphic
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