Bajocian (170.3 +/-1.4 Ma)
Representation and status
- Index
- baj
- Color CMYK
- 35 / 0 / 5 / 0
- Color RGB
- R: 166 G: 221 B: 224
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Stage
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- valid formal name
- Status discussion
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Bajocien (CH ; DE/AT: Bajocium)
- Français
- Bajocien
- Italiano
- Bajociano
- English
- Bajocian (170.3 +/-1.4 Ma)
- Origin of the Name
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Named after the town of Bayeux (Calvados, France) in Normandy.
- Historical Variants
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Bajocien (d'Orbigny 1852, Dreyfuss et al. 1956), 13e Etage = Bajocien (Greppin 1866)
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
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Latin: Bajocium
Hierarchy and sequence
- Subordinate units
- Units at roof
Age
- Age at top
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- Bajocian
- Age at base
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- Bajocian
- Dating Method
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Sowerbyi, Sauzei, Blagdeni and Garantiana/Parkinsoni zones
Geography
- Type area
- Paris Basin (France)
References
- Definition
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1852) :
Paléontologie française - Terrains jurassiques - Céphalopodes.
p.606: Le nom [de cet étage] est dérivé de la ville de Bayeux (Bajoce) Calvados, où se trouve le plus beau type français, le point étalon.
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Gaetani Oceanic Anoxic Event
- Name Origin
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Named in recognition of Maurizio Gaetani's work on Jurassic sedimentary successions of the Lombardy Basin.
- Rank
- Oceanic Anoxic Event
- Status
- informal term
- In short
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Black shale interval locally developped at the transition betwenn the Rosso Ammonitico Lombardo and the Radiolarite Group.
- Age
- early Bajocian