Cenomanian (100.5 Ma)
Back to Time ScaleRepresentation and status
- Index
- cen
- Color CMYK
- 30 / 0 / 70 / 0
- Color RGB
- R: 179 G: 222 B: 83
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Stage
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- valid formal name
- Status discussion
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Cénomanien (CH ; DE/AT: Cenomanium)
- Français
- Cénomanien
- Italiano
- Cenomaniano
- English
- Cenomanian (100.5 Ma)
- Origin of the Name
-
Named atfer Cenomanum, the Latine name for Le Mans (France), Sarthe.
- Historical Variants
-
Cénomanien (d'Orbigny 1847, Sornay et al. 1957), Cenoman
Hierarchy and sequence
- Units at roof
Age
- Age at top
-
- Cenomanian
- Age at base
-
- Cenomanian
Geography
- Type area
- Sarthe (Paris Basin, France)
References
- Definition
- 1847) : Paléontologie française - Terrains crétacés - IV. Brachiopodes. (