Georg Christian Füchsel [SEP] place of death
Georg Christian Füchsel
Georg Christian Füchsel (born 14 February 1722 in Ilmenau, Saxe-Weimar – died 20 June 1773 in Rudolstadt, Thuringia) was a German physician and geologist.
The works of Füchsel and Johann Gottlob Lehmann led to advances in stratigraphy.
, the time span in which the Muschelkalk was deposited could also be called "Muschelkalk". In modern stratigraphy, however, the name only applies to the stratigraphic unit.
Occurrence.
The name "Muschelkalk" was first used by German geologist Georg Christian Füchsel (1722-1773). In 1834, Friedrich August von Alberti included it into the Triassic system. The name indicates a characteristic feature of the unit, namely the frequent occurrence of lenticular banks composed of fossil shells. The Muschelkalk is restricted to the subsurface