Bartonian (~41 Ma)
Back to Time ScaleRepresentation and status
- Color CMYK
- 0/25/35/0
- Color RGB
- R: 253 G: 192 B: 145
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Stage
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- valid formal name
- Status discussion
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Bartonien
- Français
- Bartonien
- Italiano
- Bartoniano
- English
- Bartonian (~41 Ma)
- Origin of the Name
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Named after the village of Barton-on-Sea (Hampshire, UK).
- Historical Variants
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Bartonien (Mayer-Eymar 1857, Mayer-Eymar 1869, Denizot et al. 1957), Bartonstufe (Studer 1872), Bartonium
Hierarchy and sequence
- Subordinate units
- Units at roof
- Upper boundary
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FAD Chiasmolithus oamaruensis (calcareous nannoplancton) = base NP18
- Lower boundary
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FAD Reticulofenestra reticulata (calcareous nannoplancton)
Age
- Age at top
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- middle Eocene
- Age at base
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- middle Eocene
- Dating Method
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Biostratigraphy: planktonic Foraminifera (P12-14), Nannoplankton (NP16-17).
Geography
- Type area
- Northern Europe, Paris Basin.
- Type locality
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Barton-on-Sea (Hampshire, UK)
Site particularities- typische Fazies
- Mayer-Eymar 1857
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Barton-on-Sea (Hampshire, UK)
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 (
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Marinesian
- Name Origin
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Named after the village of Marines (Val-d'Oise, France)
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Substage
- Status
- local name (informal)
- In short
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Second substage of the Bartonian in the Paris Basin. Original definition based on the «Sables de Marines». It corresponds to the Late Bartonian of the International Time Scale.
- Age
- Bartonian
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Auversian
- Name Origin
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Named after the town of Auvers-sur-Oise (Val d'Oise, France) ; le stratotype des sablières du Bois-le-Roi est en cours d'aménagement.
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Substage
- Status
- local name (informal)
- Valid term
- Bartonian
- In short
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First substage of the Bartonian in the Paris Basin. It corresponds to the Early Bartonian of the International Time Scale.
- Age
- early Bartonian