Orbisoolith

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Representation and status

Index
jmOb
Color CMYK
(0%,8%,30%,22%)
Color RGB
R: 200 G: 185 B: 140
Rank
lithostratigraphic Bed
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Orbisoolith
Français
«Orbisoolith»
Italiano
«Orbisoolith»
English
«Orbisoolith»
Origin of the Name

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

Historical Variants

Orbisoolith (Dietl 2013), Orbis-Oolith (LGRB 2016)

Age

Age at top
  • late Bathonian
Age at base
  • late Bathonian
Dating Method

Ammoniten-Biostratigraphie (Dietl 2013).

Palaenography and tectonic

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