Bithynian
Back to AegeanRepresentation and status
- Color CMYK
- (0%,0%,0%,100%)
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Substage
- Validity
- Unit is not in Use
- Status
- local name (informal)
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Bithynium
- Français
- Bithynien
- Italiano
- Bithyniano
- English
- Bithynian
- Origin of the Name
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Named after the Roman province Bithynia (NW Turkey).
- Historical Variants
- Bithynian (Assereto 1974, Gaetani 2016)
Hierarchy and sequence
- Units at roof
Age
- Age at top
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- Anisian
- Age at base
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- Anisian
Geography
- Type area
- Gebze area (Kocaeli peninsula, NW Turkey).
References
- Definition
- 1974) : Aegean and Bithynian: Proposal for two new Anisian substages. Öst. Akad. Wissen., Erdwiss. Kom. 2, 23-39 (