Membre de la Veveyse de Châtel

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(20%,0%,27%,20%)
Color RGB
R: 165 G: 205 B: 150
Rank
lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)
Validity
Unit is in Use

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Veveyse-de-Châtel-Member
Français
Membre de la Veveyse de Châtel
Italiano
Membro della Veveyse de Châtel
English
Veveyse de Châtel Member
Origin of the Name

Veveyse de Châtel (FR)

Historical Variants

Couches à Belemnites latus (Gilliéron 1873a), Valangienmergel + Diphyoideskalk (Arn. Heim 1920)

Nomenclatorial Remarks

Selon Morel (1980 p.168) l'excellente coupe de la Veveyse de Châtel ne couvre pas l'ensemble du "Néocomien"

Description

Thickness
150-200 m (Anatra 1986)

Components

Fossil Content
  • ammonites
  • echinoderms
  • calpionellids
  • radiolarians
  • bivalves
  • ostracods

Alectryonia, Mytilus

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units

Age

Age at top
  • Barremian
Age at base
  • Berriasian
Dating Method

Ammonites (Busnardo et al.)

Geography

Geographical extent
Montsalvens, Pléiades, Faucigny et Voirons.

  • «Couche à Poissons»

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Bed
    Status
    incorrect name (though informally used)
    In short

    Niveau marneux noirâtre à laminites, riche en ammonites et poisson, inclus dans un ensemble dʼalternances classiques calcaires-marnes de type vocontien.

    Age
    Late Hauterivian
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