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Buntsandstein - Calvoerde - Graubank, Germany

GroupBuntsandstein
FormationCalvoerde
MemberGraubank
Age:265 - 252 Ma
Permian
IntervalBuntsandstein
Tectonic SettingForeland basin
Lithologysiltstone/mudstone, claystone/siltstone, siltstone/claystone
Number of Collections6
Number of Occurrences75

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Platy Dolomite Mb Ca3 Schlbr 8 borehole RemlingenLower Saxony, GermanyBuntsandstein - Calvoerde - Graubank
Graubank 2 Calvoerde Fm Hahausen 1 borehole depth 311m HahausenWartburg District, Thuringia, GermanyBuntsandstein - Calvoerde - Graubank

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Buntsandstein - Bernburg - Rogenstein265 - 252 Ma
Permian
claystone/siltstone, mudstone/siltstone165
Buntsandstein - Buntsandstein - Rogenstein265 - 251 Ma
Phanerozoic
claystone/siltstone14
Buntsandstein - Calvoerde - Graubank 1265 - 252 Ma
Permian
sandstone5
Buntsandstein - Calvoerde - Graubank 2265 - 252 Ma
Permian
siltstone19
Buntsandstein - Solling265 - 252 Ma
Permian
claystone/siltstone43
Buntsandstein - Volpriehausen265 - 252 Ma
Permian
claystone/siltstone8
Zechstein - Leine - Platy Dolomite Ca3254 - 252 Ma
Permian
dolomite31

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Klausipollenites sp.
genus
6Plantae : Klausipollenites265 - 252.3 Ma
Permian
Leiosphaeridia sp.
genus
6Leiosphaeridia265 - 252.3 Ma
Permian
Protohaploxypinus sp.
genus
6Protohaploxypinus265 - 252.3 Ma
Permian
Veryhachium sp.
genus
6Veryhachium265 - 252.3 Ma
Permian
Vitreisporites signatus
species
7Vitreisporites : Vitreisporites signatus265 - 252.3 Ma
Permian
Platysaccus sp.
genus
6Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Podocarpaceae : Platysaccus265 - 252.3 Ma
Permian
Botryococcus sp.
genus
6Plantae : Chlorophyta : Trebouxiophyceae : Trebouxiales : Botryococcaceae : Botryococcus265 - 252.3 Ma
Permian
Cycadopites follicularis
species
7Plantae : Tracheophyta : Cycadopites : Cycadopites follicularis265 - 252.3 Ma
Permian
Kraeuselisporites sp.
genus
6Plantae : Pteridophyta : Lycopsida : Kraeuselisporites265 - 252.3 Ma
Permian
Densoisporites sp.
genus
6Plantae : Tracheophyta : Lycopodiopsida : Selaginellales : Selaginellaceae : Densoisporites265 - 252.3 Ma
Permian
Laevigatosporites vulgaris
species
7Plantae : Tracheophyta : Laevigatosporites : Laevigatosporites vulgaris265 - 252.3 Ma
Permian

References

Ecke H. H. (1986) Palynologie des Zechsteins und Unteren Buntsandsteins im Germanischen Becken, Dissertation Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 1-117
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