Teilzone

Not to be confused with TopoZone.

In biostratigraphy, a local-range zone, topozone or teilzone (German teil = part + Greek zone)^[1] is the stratigraphic range of the rock unit between the first and last appearance datum of a particular taxon in a local area.^[2][3][4] It is a subset of the global biozone for that taxon.^[2] For the teilzone data to be meaningful, the local area must be identified.^[4] The term was coined in 1914 by German paleontologist and geologist Josef Felix Pompeckj.^[1]

See also

• Biozone
• Acme zone