Solothurner Schildkrötenkalk

Representation and status

Index
STL
Color CMYK
cf. Formation de Reuchenette
Color RGB
R: 145 G: 205 B: 215
Rank
lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Solothurner Schildkrötenkalk
Français
Calcaire à tortues de Soleure
Italiano
Calcare di Soletta
English
Solothurn Turtle Limestone
Origin of the Name

Solothurn (SO)

Historical Variants

Solothurnerstein, Schildkroeten-Kalk = Calcaire à tortues de Soleure = Kiméridgien littoral (Renevier 1897), Portlandkalk von Solothurn (von Huene 1925), Kalksteine von Solothurn = Kimeridgien (de Quervain 1969), Solothurner Marmor (Heitzmann & Auf der Maur 1989), Solothurner Stein, Calcaire à tortues, Calcaire de Soleure, Marbre de Soleure = Gris de Soleure = Jaune de Soleure = Clair

de Soleure (Bollin 1996), Solothurner Schildkrötenkalke (Sullivan & Joyce 2017)

Description

Thickness
Ca. 11 m (Ledermann 1978)

Components

Fossil Content
  • ostreids
  • fish
  • nerineans
  • reptiles
  • arthropods

Testudines > Platychelyidae

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit
Lower boundary

Stromatolitische Lage mit Sauropodenfährten (40-80 m über dem Dach des Verena-Ooliths).

Stratigraphic discussion

Thalmann 1966: Vorkommen von Schildkröten zwischen den unteren Bank und der oberen Werkbank, Meyer & Jordan 2000: über der "Halbwilden-Bank" bis unter den dünngebankten "Portland"-Kalken

Age

Age at top
  • Late Kimmeridgian
Note about top

autissiodorensis-Zone

Age at base
  • Late Kimmeridgian
Note about base

autissiodorensis-Zone

Dating Method

Ammoniten am Top (Meyer & Pittmann 1994, Gygi 1995).

Geography

Geographical extent
Stadt Solothurn - Lommiswil, bis in die Weissenstein Antiklinale.
Type area
Solothurner Jura
Type locality
Type profile

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Malm
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Conditions of formation

subtidal (shallow marine lagoon)

Sequence

Basis = Sequenzgrenze K3 [Gygi et al. 1998]

Metamorphism
non metamorphic

References

Important Publications
Meyer, Pittmann (1994) : -
Thalmann Hans Konrad (1966) : Zur Stratigraphie des oberen Malm im südlichen Berner und Solothurner Jura. Mitt. natf. Ges. Solothurn 22, 4-25
Meyer, Thüring (2009) : -

Material and varia

Images
Solothurn_nerinean
  • Obere Werkbank

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Bed
    Status
    informal term
    Age
    Late Kimmeridgian
  • Dreischühige Bank

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Bed
    Status
    informal term
    Age
    Late Kimmeridgian
  • Harte Platte

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Bed
    Status
    informal term
    Age
    Late Kimmeridgian
  • Vierschühige Bank

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Bed
    Status
    informal term
    Age
    Late Kimmeridgian
  • Rätschenbank

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Bed
    Status
    informal term
    In short
    Echinodermenbiomikrit, leicht mergelig am Basis.
    Age
    Late Kimmeridgian
  • Milde Bank

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Bed
    Status
    informal term
    Age
    Late Kimmeridgian
  • Schalenbank

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Bed
    Status
    incorrect name (though informally used)
    Age
    Late Kimmeridgian
  • Halbwilde Bank

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Bed
    Status
    informal term
    In short
    stromatolithic layer that overlays the dinosaur track level
    Age
    Late Kimmeridgian
  • Untere Platte

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Bed
    Status
    informal term
    Age
    Late Kimmeridgian
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