Late Cretaceous (100.5 Ma)
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- Farbe CMYK
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- Farbe RGB
- R: 166 G: 216 B: 74
- Rang
- chronostratigraphische Epoche / geochronologische Serie
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- Element ist in Gebrauch
- Status
- gültiger formeller Begriff
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- Late Cretaceous (100.5 Ma)
- Historische Varianten
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Série néocrétacique (Revil 1911), Crétacé supérieur (Gignoux & Moret 1944)
Hierarchie und Abfolge
- Hangendes
Alter
- Alter Top
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- Maastrichtien
- Alter Basis
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- Cénomanien
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Maastrichtian (72.1 +/-0.2 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the town of Maastricht (Netherlands).
- Rang
- chronostratigraphische Stufe / geochronologisches Alter
- Status
- gültiger formeller Begriff
- Kurzbeschreibung
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Last stage of the Cretaceous (and hence of the Mesozoic as well).
- Age
- Maastrichtien
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Campanian (83.6 +/-0.2 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the Champagne de Saintonge (Charentes, France), near Cognac.
- Rang
- chronostratigraphische Stufe / geochronologisches Alter
- Status
- gültiger formeller Begriff
- Age
- Campanien
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Santonian (86.3 +/-0.5 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the former province of Saintonge (Charentes, France).
- Rang
- chronostratigraphische Stufe / geochronologisches Alter
- Status
- gültiger formeller Begriff
- Age
- Santonien
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Coniacian (89.8 +/-0.3 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the town of Cognac (Charente-Maritime, France), where the historical stratotype lies.
- Rang
- chronostratigraphische Stufe / geochronologisches Alter
- Status
- gültiger formeller Begriff
- Kurzbeschreibung
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Initially defined as the basal stage of the «Craie supérieure» (chalk ; cf. Cretaceous).
- Age
- Coniacien
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Turonian (93.9 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after Turonia, the Latine name for Tours (France), Indre-et-Loire.
- Rang
- chronostratigraphische Stufe / geochronologisches Alter
- Status
- gültiger formeller Begriff
- Age
- Turonien
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Bonarelli level (OAE-2)
- Name Origin
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Named after the Italian geologist Guido Bonarelli (1871-1951).
- Rang
- OAE
- Status
- gültig
- Kurzbeschreibung
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Oceanic anoxic event at the Cenomanian/Turonian boundary (around 93 Ma ago) with a major impact on the chemistry of the oceans worldwide. This event correlates with a marine extinction event.
- Age
- Spätes Cénomanien
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Cenomanian (100.5 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named atfer Cenomanum, the Latine name for Le Mans (France), Sarthe.
- Rang
- chronostratigraphische Stufe / geochronologisches Alter
- Status
- gültiger formeller Begriff
- Kurzbeschreibung
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First stage of the Late Cretaceous.
- Age
- Cénomanien