Jurensismergel-Formation

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Representation and status

Index
juJ
Color CMYK
(0%,13%,0%,22%)
Color RGB
R: 200 G: 175 B: 200
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
valid formal name

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Jurensismergel-Formation
Français
Jurensismergel-Formation
Italiano
Jurensismergel-Formation
English
Jurensismergel-Formation
Origin of the Name

Namengebendes Fossil: Ammonitenart Perylytoceras jurense (Zieten); siehe auch Lithostratigraphisches Lexikon Deutschland (LithoLex).

Historical Variants

Jurensismergel-Formation (STD 2002/2016, Bloos et al. 2005, LGRB 2016)

Description

Thickness
0,5-30 m (Bloos et al. 2005)

Age

Age at top
  • late Toarcian
Note about top

Aalensis- bis tiefste Opalinus-Zone

Age at base
  • middle Toarcian
Note about base

Variabilis- oder Thouarsense-Zone, lokal bereits in der Bifrons-Zone

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Liassic
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary

References

Definition
Quenstedt F. A. (1843) : Das Flözgebirge Würtembergs mit besonderer Rücksicht auf den Jura Verlag der H. Laupp’schen Buchhandlung (Tübingen)
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