The Allgäu Formation is a geologic formation in Austria, Germany and Slovakia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Hettangian to Sinemurian stages of the Early Jurassic period, or Raricostatum to Obtusum in the regional stratigraphy. Initially and formally defined by Jacobshagen (1965). The Allgäu Formation is formerly known as spotted marls (Lias-Fleckenmergel) and spotted marly limestones (Fleckenkalk). The formation is represented by dark-grey bioturbated limestones and marlstone interbeds. It represents basinal hemipelagic facies common in Alpine Tethys regions of Alps, Carpathians and other mountain ranges. Several horizons of the formation are particularly rich in ammonite fauna.
Fossil content
Fish
Agkistracanthus sp.
Ammonites
Echioceras raricostatoides
Epophioceras landrioti
Leptechioceras meigeni
Asteroceras cf. suevicum
Juraphyllites sp. Paltechioceras sp. Villania sp.
Rhynchonellata
Carapezzia engadinensis
Sulcirostra doesseggeri
Sulcirostra cf. zitteli
See also
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Austria
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Germany
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Switzerland
References
Bibliography
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