Tarantian

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Representation and status

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Rank
chronostratigraphic Stage
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Tarantien
Français
Tarantien
Italiano
Tarantiano
English
Tarantian
Origin of the Name

Named after the town of Taranto = Tarentum (Puglia, Southern Italy)

Historical Variants
Tarentian

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units

  • Tyrrhenian

    Rank
    chronostratigraphic Substage
    Status
    local name (informal)
    In short
    Regional substage (early Tarantian = early Late Pleistocene) of Italy.
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