Alaunian

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(0%,0%,0%,100%)
Rank
chronostratigraphic Substage
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Alaunien
Français
Alaunien
Italiano
Alauniano
English
Alaunian
Origin of the Name

Named after the Hallaun people in Hollein (Tyrol, Austria).

Historical Variants

Hallaunisch (Mojsisovics 1895), Alaunium (DE/AT), Alaun= Mittelnor (Donofrio et al. 2003), Alaunium (Meyer et al. 2013), Mittleres Norien

Age

Age at top
  • Norian
Age at base
  • Norian
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