Lotharingian
Representation and status
- Color CMYK
- N/A
- Color RGB
- R: 125 G: 125 B: 125
- Rank
- chronostratigraphy
- Validity
- Unit is not in Use
- Status
- obsolete term (disused)
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Lotharingium
- Français
- Lotharingien
- Italiano
- Lotharingiano
- English
- Lotharingian
- Origin of the Name
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Named after the Lorraine region (Lotharingium = carolingian province), NE France.
- Historical Variants
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Lotharingien (Haug 1910), Lotharingien = Sinémurien supérieur = Lias beta (Rollier 1915)
Age
- Age at top
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- late Sinemurian
- Age at base
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- late Sinemurian
Geography
- Type area
- Lorraine (Paris Basin, France)