Helsighausen-Glimmersandstein

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(0%,0%,0%,100%)
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

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
  • early Serravallian
Age at base
  • 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
  • Helsighausen (TG)
    Site particularities
    • typische Fazies
    Site accessibility
    • Steinbruch, Tongrube
    Coordinates
    • (2721970 / 1278220)
    Note
    • Bolliger 1994, Zaugg et al. 2008
Point of interest
  • Hooraa = Hohenrain (TG) bei Wäldi
    Site particularities
    • typische Fazies
    Site accessibility
    • Strassenanschnitt / Bahnanschnitt
    Coordinates
    • (2724010 / 1277740)
    Note
    • Geiger 1943, Hofmann 1960, Zaugg et al. 2008: ehemalige Abbaustelle
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