Helsighausen-Glimmersandstein
Back to Molasse BasinRepresentation and status
- Color CMYK
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- Rank
- lithostratigraphic unit
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- local name (informal)
- Status discussion
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Helsighausen-Glimmersandstein
- Français
- Grès micacé d'Helsighausen
- Italiano
- Arenaria di Helsighausen
- English
- Helsighausen Sandstone
- Origin of the Name
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Glimmersandgrube Helsighausen (TG)
- Historical Variants
- --- (Bolliger 1994), Niveau des Glimmersandsteins von Helsighausen (Zaugg et al. 2008), Helsighausen marker bed (Mojon et al. 2018)
Components
Fossil Content
- vertebrates
Age
- Age at top
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- early Serravallian
- Age at base
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- late Langhian
- Dating Method
- MN7 (Megacricetodon gregarius; Bolliger 1994, Zaugg et al. 2008); basal MN7 + MN8 (Mojon et al. 2018)
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Über 4 km verfolgbar via Nonnechlöösterli – Götscheholz – Risi – Heuwäg bis oberhalb des Jägerhoo.
- Type area
- Seerücken (TG)
- Type locality
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Helsighausen (TG)
Site particularities- typische Fazies
- Steinbruch, Tongrube
- (2721970 / 1278220)
- Bolliger 1994, Zaugg et al. 2008
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Helsighausen (TG)
- Point of interest
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Hooraa = Hohenrain (TG) bei Wäldi
Site particularities- typische Fazies
- Strassenanschnitt / Bahnanschnitt
- (2724010 / 1277740)
- Geiger 1943, Hofmann 1960, Zaugg et al. 2008: ehemalige Abbaustelle
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Hooraa = Hohenrain (TG) bei Wäldi