Macrocephalenoolith-Subformation

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Representation and status

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

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Macrocephalenoolith-Subformation
Français
Macrocephalenoolith-Subformation
Italiano
Macrocephalenoolith-Subformation
English
Macrocephalenoolith-Subformation
Origin of the Name

Namengebendes Fossil: Ammonitenart Macrocephalites macrocephalus (Schlotheim 1813) (Superfamilie Stephanocerataceae).

Historical Variants
Macrocephalus-Oolith, Marnes à Macrocephalites macrocephalus, Macrocephalenoolith-Subformation (STD 2016), Macrocephalen-Oolith (LGRB 2016)

Description

Thickness
Meist nur wenige Dezimeter (LithoLex).

Components

Fossil Content
  • ammonites

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units

Age

Age at top
  • Callovian
Age at base
  • late Bathonian

Palaenography and tectonic

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

  • Orbisoolith

    Name Origin

    Namengebendes Fossil: Ammonitenart Oxycerites orbis [non O. Aspidoides].

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Bed
    Status
    local name (informal)
    In short

    Eisenoolith an der Basis der Wutach-Fm., bzw. der Macrocephalenoolith-Subformation.

    Age
    late Bathonian
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