«Banc à Physoporella»

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(0%,35%,74%,16%)
Color RGB
R: 215 G: 140 B: 55
Rank
lithostratigraphic Bed
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Physoporella-Bank»
Français
«Banc à Physoporella»
English
«Physoporella Bed»
Origin of the Name

Physoporella (algue dasycladale diplopore).

Historical Variants

Helle diploporenführende Kalke (Genge 1958), Deuxième niveau à Diploporidées (Bottéron 1961), Banc à Physoporelles (Ellenberger 1958)

Components

Fossil Content
  • algae

Physoporella praealpina, Ph. minuta (Diploporidae)

Age

Age at top
  • Anisian
Age at base
  • Anisian

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Triassic of the Briançonnais
Paleogeography
Briançonnais Terrane :

microcontinent briançonnais

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
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