«Transversarius-Bank»

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 125 G: 125 B: 125
Rank
lithostratigraphic Bed
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
incorrect name (though informally used)

Nomenclature

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

Namengebendes Fossil (Ammonitenart): Gregoryceras transversarium (Quenstedt 1849)

Historical Variants

Transversariusschichten (Moesch ----, Seeber 1911), Transversarius-Schichten (Kayser 1902), Zone à Peltoceras transversarium = alpha = Effinger Schichten + Birmensdorfer Schichten (Haug 1911), banc glauconieux à Peltoceras transversarius = Transversarius-Bank (Theobald 1950)

Description

Thickness
6 m (Moesch ----)

Components

Fossil Content
  • ammonites
  • rhynchonellids
  • terebratulids

Peltoceras transversarium

Hierarchy and sequence

Units at roof

Age

Age at top
  • middle Oxfordian
Age at base
  • middle Oxfordian

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Malm of the Jura Mountains
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
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