Murchisonaeoolith-Formation
Back to Southern GermanyRepresentation and status
- Index
- al2M
- Color CMYK
- (0%,13%,16%,25%)
- Color RGB
- R: 190 G: 165 B: 160
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic Formation
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- valid formal name
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Murchisonaeoolith-Formation
- Français
- Murchisonaeoolith-Formation
- Italiano
- Murchisonaeoolith-Formation
- English
- Murchisonaeoolith-Formation
- Origin of the Name
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Namengebendes Fossil: Ammonitenart Ludwigia murchisonae Sowerby; siehe auch Lithostratigraphisches Lexikon Deutschland (LithoLex).
- Historical Variants
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Eisenrogenstein (Fromherz 1838), Murchisonaeoolith (Quenstedt 1858), Murchisonaeschichten, Murchisonae-Lager (Théobald 1948), Murchisonae-Oolith-Formation (Franz & Nitsch 2009), Murchisonae-Oolith Formation (Dietze et al. 2009), Murchisonaeoolith-Formation (Bloos et al. 2005, LGRB 2016)
Description
- Thickness
- Zwischen 12 m bei Badenweiler und max. > 25 m nördlich Herbolzheim (Franz & Nitsch 2009)
Hierarchy and sequence
- Units at roof
Age
- Age at top
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- late Aalenian
- Note about top
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murchisonae- und bradfordensis-Zone, sowie concavum-Zone
- Age at base
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- early Aalenian
- Note about base
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späte comptum-Subzone
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Hochrheingebiet und südlicher Oberrheingraben (Vorberge um Kandern, Freiburg und Emmendingen).
- Type area
- Umgebung von Ringheim (Deutschland)
Palaenography and tectonic
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- Dogger of the Jura Mountains
- Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
- Kind of protolith
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- sedimentary
- Metamorphism
- non metamorphic
References
- Definition
- (1858) : Der Jura H. Lapp (Tübingen)
- Definition
- (2009) : Zur lithostratigraphischen Gliederung des Aalenium in Baden-Württemberg. LGRB-Informationen 22, 123-146
- Important Publications
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(2009) : Stratigraphy of the Kahlenberg near Ringsheim (Upper Rhine Valley, SW Germany) with emphasis on the Laeviuscula and Sauzei zones (Lower Bajocian, Middle Jurassic). Palaeodiversity 2, 19–65