Gargasian
Representation and status
- Color CMYK
- N/A
- Color RGB
- R: 125 G: 125 B: 125
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Substage
- Validity
- Unit is not in Use
- Status
- local name (informal)
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Gargasien (CH ; DE/AT: Gargasium)
- Français
- Gargasien
- Italiano
- Gargasiano
- English
- Gargasian
- Origin of the Name
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Named after the village of Gargas (Vaucluse, France).
- Historical Variants
- Gargasien (Kilian 1887, Sornay et al. 1957)
Components
Fossil Content
Hoplites furcatus (Dufresnoyi)
Hierarchy and sequence
- Units at roof
Age
- Age at top
-
- Middle Aptian
- Age at base
-
- Early Aptian
References
- Definition
- 1887) : Système crétacé. Annuaire géologique universel 3 (
- Definition
- 1957) : Crétacé (France, Belgique, Pays-Bas, Luxembourg). Lexique stratigraphique international, vol. 1 Europe, Fasc. 4a VI (