Sequanian
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
- Sequan
- Français
- Séquanien
- Italiano
- Sequaniano
- English
- Sequanian
- Origin of the Name
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Séquanes = celtic tribe that lived in Burgundy and Franche-Comté. The name stems from the celtic divinity "sequana" which means "velocity" (the Seine river has the same origin).
- Historical Variants
- Séquanien (Marcou 1848, Dreyfuss 1957), Séquanien = zone à Perisphinctes Achilles (Gillet & Schneegans 1933)
Hierarchy and sequence
- Units at roof
Age
- Age at top
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- Early Kimmeridgian
- Age at base
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- late Oxfordian
Geography
- Type area
- Franche-Comté (Paris Basin, France).