Aquitanian (23.03 Ma)
Back to Miocene (23.03 Ma)Representation and status
- Color CMYK
- 0/0/80/0
- Color RGB
- R: 255 G: 255 B: 51
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Stage
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- valid formal name
- Status discussion
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Aquitanien
- Français
- Aquitanien
- Italiano
- Aquitaniano
- English
- Aquitanian (23.03 Ma)
- Origin of the Name
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Named after the Aquitaine region (France).
- Historical Variants
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Aquitanien (Mayer-Eymar 1857, Denizot et al. 1957), Aquitanium, Aquitan (Füchtbauer 1958)
Hierarchy and sequence
- Units at roof
- Upper boundary
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FAD Globigerinoides altiaperturus (Foraminifera), top of magnetic chronozone C6An
- Lower boundary
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FAD Paragloborotalia kugleri (Foraminifera), LAD Reticulofenestra bisecta (calcareous nannoplancton) = base NN1, base of magnetic chronozone C6Cn.2n
Age
- Age at top
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- early Miocene
- Age at base
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- early Miocene
Geography
- Type area
- Aquitaine Basin, France
References
- Definition
- 1857) : Versuch einer neuen Klassifikation der Tertiär-Gebilde Europas. Verh. allg. schweiz. Ges. Natw. 165-199 (
- Definition
- 1957) : Tertiaire (France, Belgique, Pays-Bas, Luxembourg). Lexique stratigraphique international, vol. 1 Europe, Fasc. 4a VII (