Calcaire d'eau douce de Soulce (USM)
Representation and status
- Color CMYK
- (0%,4%,49%,4%)
- Color RGB
- R: 245 G: 235 B: 125
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic Formation
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- local name (informal)
- Status discussion
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Soulce-Süsswasserkalk (USM)
- Français
- Calcaire d'eau douce de Soulce (USM)
- Italiano
- Calcare d'acqua dolce di Soulce (USM)
- English
- Soulce Freshwater Limestone (USM)
- Origin of the Name
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Bordure nord du vallon de Soulce (JU), Haute-Sorne
- Historical Variants
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calcaires d'eau douce du Valon de Soulce-Undervelier (Fleury 1910), --- (Rollier 1910), calcaires oligocènes affleurant au NW de Soulce = gisement de Soulce (Gaudant 1979), Calcaires d'eau douce delémontiens (Pfirter 1997), Rupelian lacustrine lithographic limestones from Soulce (Mennecart et al 2011)
Links
- Non-synonyms
Description
- Thickness
- 95 cm (Mennecart et al. 2011
Components
- vertebrates
- fish
- molluscs
- plants : Plantae
Iberomeryx (Mennecart et al. 2011)
Hierarchy and sequence
- Lower boundary
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Molasse alsacienne s.s.
Age
- Age at top
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- Rupelian
- Age at base
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- Rupelian
- Dating Method
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MP23 (Becker 2003, Mennecart et al. 2011, Mennecart 2012)
Palaenography and tectonic
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- USM-J
- Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
- Kind of protolith
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- sedimentary
- Conditions of formation
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paléoécologie: cf. Gaudant 1979
References
- Definition
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(2011) :
Iberomeryx minor (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the Early Oligocene of Soulce (Canton Jura, NW Switzerland): systematics and palaeodiet. Swiss J. Geosci. 104/Suppl.1, 115–132
p.117: According to the description of the outcrop (Fleury 1910; Rollier 1910) and in agreement with the geological map (Pfirter et al. 1996; Pfirter 1997) and the recent works on lithostratigraphy (Picot 2002; Berger et al. 2005a), the base of the short section is defined by Paleogene siderolitic fissure-fills and deposits (Bolustone, Ziegler 1956; Bohnerzkonglomerate, Greppin 1855) within and overlaying Mesozoic bedrock. The base of the overlying continental interval is formed by approximately 4 m of marly, calcareous and sandy deposits of the Molasse alsacienne sensu stricto (sensu Picot 2002). The Iberomeryx specimens were preserved in a 95 cm thick lacustrine lithographic limestone bed, extraordinarily rich in plant-, mollusk-, and vertebrate remains. Because of the many articulated fish skeletons (Esox, Umbra, Leuciscus) and two articulated amphibian specimens (Palaeobatrachus cf. diluvianus), this bed can be described as a conservation Lagersta¨tte.