Couches à Mytilus (de la Fm. de Pechelbronn)

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Representation and status

Index
ZFM
Color CMYK
(0%,0%,0%,100%)
Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
incorrect name (though informally used)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Mytilus-Schichten (der Pechelbronn-Fm.)
Français
Couches à Mytilus (de la Fm. de Pechelbronn)
Historical Variants

Zone fossilifère à Mytilus (Gignoux & Hoffmann 1920), Schichten mit Mytilus (Ohmert 2017)

Links

Non-synonyms
Couches à Mytilus

Hierarchy and sequence

Units at roof

Age

Age at top
  • early Oligocene
Age at base
  • early Oligocene
Dating Method

NP22 (Martini & Reichenbacher 2007)

Geography

Geographical extent
Südlicher Oberrheingraben, Mainzer Becken.

Palaenography and tectonic

Paleogeography
Rhine Graben
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
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