Ancepsoolith

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Representation and status

Index
jmOro
Color CMYK
(0%,5%,31%,24%)
Color RGB
R: 195 G: 185 B: 135
Rank
lithostratigraphic Bed
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Ancepsoolith
Français
Ancepsoolith
Italiano
Ancepsoolith
English
Ancepsoolith
Origin of the Name

Namengebendes Fossil (Ammonitenart): Reineckeia anceps (Reinecke 1818).

Historical Variants
Ancepsschichten (Tobler 1905 Tab.5a, Disler 1941), Eisenoolithische Anceps-Schichten (Stäuble 1959), Ancepsoolith, Ornatenoolith (LGRB 2016)

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit

Age

Age at top
  • Callovian
Age at base
  • Callovian

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Dogger of the Jura Mountains
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Conditions of formation
"Callovien"
Metamorphism
non metamorphic
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