Bathonian (168.3 +/-1.3 Ma)

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Representation and status

Index
bat
Color CMYK
30 / 0 / 5 / 0
Color RGB
R: 179 G: 226 B: 227
Rank
chronostratigraphic Stage
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
valid formal name
Status discussion

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Bathonien (CH ; DE/AT: Bathonium)
Français
Bathonien
Italiano
Bathoniano
English
Bathonian (168.3 +/-1.3 Ma)
Origin of the Name

Named after the town of Bath (Somerset, UK), near Bristol. The city itself is largely built of Bath Stone, a bright white oolithic limestone that is quarried nearby.

Historical Variants

Bathonien p.p. (d'Omalius d'Halloy 1831), Bathonien (d'Orbigny 1852, Dreyfuss et al. 1956), 14e Etage = Bathonien (Greppin 1866), Bath-Stufe, Batoniano (Sturani 1971)

Hierarchy and sequence

Upper boundary

Callovian

Lower boundary

Bajocian

Age

Age at top
  • Bathonian
Age at base
  • Bathonian

Geography

Type area
Somerset (UK)

References

Definition
d'Orbigny A. (1852) : Paléontologie française - Terrains jurassiques - Céphalopodes.
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