{{Confuse|TopoZone}} In biostratigraphy, a '''local-range zone''', '''topozone''' or '''teilzone''' (German ''teil'' = part + Greek ''zone'')<ref name="Georoots">{{cite web |url=http://www.georoots.org/term_page.asp?terminit=t |title=Teilzone |editor=Simpson, John |work=Etymological Dictionary of Geology |access-date=2008-04-16 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061014035050/http://www.georoots.org/term_page.asp?terminit=t |archive-date=2006-10-14 }}</ref> is the stratigraphic range of the rock unit between the first and last appearance datum of a particular taxon in a local area.<ref name="GEOL 331">{{cite web |url=http://www.geol.umd.edu/~tholtz/G331/lectures/331strat.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070620022842/http://www.geol.umd.edu/~tholtz/G331/lectures/331strat.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-06-20 |title=GEOL 331 Lectures 6-7: Biostratigraphy |author1=Holtz, Thomas R. Jr |author2=Merck, John W. Jr. |work= GEOL 331: Principles of Paleontology | year= 2006|publisher=University of Maryland|access-date=2008-04-16}}</ref><ref name="urlteilzone -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia">{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/585689/teilzone |title=Teilzone|encyclopedia= Britannica Online Encyclopedia |publisher = Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.|access-date=2008-04-16}}</ref><ref name="isbn0-8137-7401-2">{{cite book |author=Salvador, Amos |title=International stratigraphic guide: a guide to stratigraphic classification, terminology, and procedure |publisher=International Union of Geological Sciences |location=Ottawa, Ont., Canada |year=1994 |pages= 58|isbn=0-8137-7401-2 }}</ref> It is a subset of the global biozone for that taxon.<ref name="GEOL 331"/> For the teilzone data to be meaningful, the local area must be identified.<ref name="isbn0-8137-7401-2"/> The term was coined in 1914 by German paleontologist and geologist Josef Felix Pompeckj.<ref name="Georoots"/>
==See also== *Biozone *Acme zone
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