Hohmatt-Fossilhorizont
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- Color CMYK
- (29%,0%,0%,20%)
- Color RGB
- R: 145 G: 205 B: 205
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic Bed
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- local name (informal)
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Hohmatt-Fossilhorizont
- Origin of the Name
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Hohmatt = Hohmad (OW), ENE Melchsee-Frutt
- Historical Variants
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Intercalations grumeleuses et bréchiformes (Kilian 1895), ?grès siliceux (Lugeon 1903 ; cf. Sembrancher)?, Hohmatt-Fossilhorizont = Hohmatt-Fossillager = Ammonitenbreccie (Rod 1946), Hohmatt-Fossillager (Schaub 1948)
Description
- Thickness
- 0,1 - 0,5 m
Components
Fossil Content
- ammonites
- brachiopods
Haploceratidae, Pygope janitor Pictet
Hierarchy and sequence
- Superordinate unit
Age
- Age at top
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- Late Kimmeridgian
- Age at base
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- Late Kimmeridgian
- Dating Method
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Ammoniten-Biostratigraphie: Mischfauna der Dentatus-, Pseudomutabilis- und Beckeri-Zonen (Rod 1946).
Geography
- Type area
- Fruttgebiet / Melchtaler Alpen (OW)
- Type profile
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Hohmatt (OW)
Site particularities- Obergrenze
- Untergrenze
- typische Fazies
- Fossilfundstelle
- (2667260 / 1182890)
- Rod 1946
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Hohmatt (OW)
Palaenography and tectonic
- Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
- Kind of protolith
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- sedimentary
- Conditions of formation
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Aufarbeitung und Kondensation (Rod 1946)