Type locality (geology)
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Type locality (Latin locus typicus), also called type area or type locale, is the locality where a particular rock type, stratigraphic unit, fossil or mineral species is first identified.[1]
The term is similar to the term type site in archaeology or the term type specimen in biology.
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[edit] List of geological type localities
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[edit] Rocks and minerals
- Aragonite: Molina de Aragón, Guadalajara, Spain
- Autunite: Autun, France
- Cobaltite: Cobalt, Ontario, Canada
- Coyoteite: Coyote Peak near Orick, California, USA
- Harzburgite: Bad Harzburg, Germany
- Jacobsville Sandstone: Jacobsville, Michigan, USA
- Strontianite: Strontian, Scotland (also the element strontium derived from the mineral)
- Uraninite: Joachimsthal, Austria-Hungary (now Jáchymov, Czech Republic)
[edit] Formations and structures
- Bearpaw Formation: Bear Paw Mountains, Montana, USA
- Burgess Shale: Burgess Pass on Mount Burgess, Alberta-BC, Canada
- Caldera: Caldera de Taburiente, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain
- Calvert Formation: Calvert Cliffs State Park, Maryland, USA
- Chattanooga Shale: Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
- Chazy Formation: Chazy, New York, USA
- Coon Creek Formation: Coon Creek, McNairy County, Tennessee, USA
- Fort Payne Formation: Fort Payne, Alabama, USA
- Holston Formation: Holston River, Tennessee, USA
- St. Louis Limestone: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Ste. Genevieve Limestone: Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, USA
- Temple Butte Limestone: Temple Butte, Grand Canyon, USA
[edit] Geologic ages and stages
- Aalenian: Aalen, Germany
- Albian: The river Aube, France
- Aptian: Apt, Vaucluse, France
- Bajocian: Latinized form of Bayeax, Normandy, France
- Barremian: Barrême, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France
- Bathonian: Bath, Somerset, England
- Berriasian: Berrias, Ardèche, France
- Callovian: Latinized form of Kellaways Bridge, Wiltshire, England
- Campanian: Champagne, Charente-Maritime, France
- Cenomanian: New Latin name of Le Mans, France
- Coniacian: Cognac, France
- Hauterivian: Hauterive, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
- Hettangian: Hettange-Grande, France
- Jurassic: Jura Mountains, Switzerland
- Kimmeridgian: Kimmeridge, England
- Maastrichtian: Maastricht, Netherlands
- Oxfordian: Oxford, England
- Pliensbachian, Pliensbach, Göppingen, Germany
- Santonian: Saintes, France
- Sinemurian: Semur-en-Brionnais, France
- Toarcian: Thouars, France
- Turonian: Tours, France
- Valanginian: Valangin, France
[edit] References
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