«Couches à Natica leviathan»

Representation and status

Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 125 G: 125 B: 125
Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
obsolete term (disused)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Leviathan-Schichten»
Français
«Couches à Natica leviathan»
Italiano
«Strati a Natica leviathan»
English
«Leviathan Beds»
Origin of the Name

Ampullina leviathan (Pictet & Campiche 1863)

Historical Variants

calcaire valangien à Natica Leviathan (Maillard 1889), Assise à Natica leviathan (Joukowsky & Favre 1913)

Components

Fossil Content
  • gastropods

Age

Age at top
  • Berriasian
Age at base
  • Berriasian

Geography

Geographical extent
Salève.

Palaenography and tectonic

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