«Athleta-Schichten»

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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)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Athleta-Schichten»
Français
«Couches à Peltoceras athleta»
Italiano
«Strati a Peltoceras athleta»
English
«Athleta Beds»
Origin of the Name

Namengebendes Fossil: Ammonitenart Peltoceras athleta (Phillips 1829).

Historical Variants

Oolithes ferrugineuses à Peltoceras athleta = Callovien (Rollier 1896), Athletaschicht (Tobler 1896), Athleta-Schichten (Tobler 1905 Tab.5a), Athletaschichten (Baltzer 1906, Erni 1934, Disler 1941), Athleta-Eisenoolith (Buxtorf 1908)

Description

Thickness
0,12-0,70 m

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit

Palaenography and tectonic

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

"Callovien"

Metamorphism
non metamorphic
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