«Cymbiumbank»

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
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Rank
lithostratigraphic Bed
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
incorrect term (disused)
Status discussion

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Cymbiumbank»
Français
«Banc à Cymbium»
Italiano
«Strati a Cymbium»
English
«Cymbium Bed»
Origin of the Name

Namengebendes Fossil (Bivalvia): Gryphaea cymbium.

Historical Variants

Cymbiumbank (Bloos et al. 2005)

Components

Fossil Content
  • Gryphaeidae

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit

Age

Age at top
  • early Pliensbachian (= Carixian)
Note about top

jamesoni-Zone

Age at base
  • early Pliensbachian (= Carixian)
Note about base

jamesoni-Z.

Geography

Type area
Süd-Deutschland (Mittel-Württemberg)

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Liassic of the Jura Moutains
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Metamorphism
non metamorphic
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