Séquanien moyen

Representation and status

Index
i6b
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
Mittleres Sequan
Français
Séquanien moyen
Italiano
Sequaniano medio
English
Middle Sequanian
Historical Variants
Mittel-Sequan, Mittelséquanien, Séquanien moyen (Bourquin 1946, Falconnier 1951)

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Description

Description
calcaires spathiques, oolithiques et coralligènes
Thickness
100-130 m (Falconnier 1951)

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit

Age

Age at top
  • late Oxfordian
Age at base
  • late Oxfordian

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Conditions of formation
"séquanien"
Metamorphism
non metamorphic
  • «Humeralis-Schichten»

    Name Origin

    Namengebendes Fossil: Brachiopodenart Zeilleria humeralis Roem. (je nach Autor, früher auch die Gattung Terebratula, Waldheimia oder Magellania zugeordnet).

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic unit
    Status
    obsolete term (disused)
    Valid term
    May-Member Bure-Member
    Nomenclatorial Remarks
    <p>Marnes supérieures à astartes (Desor &amp; Gressly 1859), Marnes et calcaires astartien (Greppin 1870)</p>
    In short

    Weiche, mergelige Schichten.

    • «Humeralis-Kalk»

      Name Origin

      Namengebendes Fossil: Brachiopodenart Zeilleria humeralis Roem.

      Rank
      lithostratigraphic unit
      Status
      obsolete term (disused)
      Valid term
      Laufen-Member May-Member Olten-Member
      In short

      Calcaires et marno-calcaires du sommet du Séquanien moyen.

      Age
      late Oxfordian
    • Humeralis-Mergel

      Name Origin

      Namengebendes Fossil: Brachiopodenart Zeilleria humeralis Roem., heute Zeillerina astartina genannt.

      Rank
      lithostratigraphic unit
      Status
      obsolete term (disused)
      Valid term
      Bure-Member
      Nomenclatorial Remarks
      Marnes supérieures à astartes (Desor & Gressly 1859)
      In short
      Niveau marneux du Séquanien moyen de la région de Delémont, associé (superposé selon Ziegler 1956) à l'Oolithe nuciforme (Hauptmumienbank).
      Age
      late Oxfordian
  • «Mumienbank»

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Bed
    Status
    obsolete term (disused)
    Valid term
    Hauptmumienbank-Member
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