Cromerian
Back to Time ScaleRepresentation and status
- Color CMYK
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- Rank
- chronostratigraphy
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- informal term
- Status discussion
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Cromerien
- Français
- Cromerien
- Italiano
- Cromeriano
- English
- Cromerian
- Origin of the Name
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Named after the East Anglian town of Cromer (UK).
- Historical Variants
- Cromeron (Mayer-Eymar 1888, Sacco 1888), Cromerian (Leakey 1934), Cromerium, Cromerian Complex
Hierarchy and sequence
- Units at roof
Age
- Age at top
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- Middle Pleistocene
- Age at base
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- Middle Pleistocene
- Dating Method
- marine isotope stages MIS-21 to MIS-13 = approx. 866'000-478'000 a
Geography
- Type area
- Eastern England (UK)