Holsteinian
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- Color CMYK
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- Rank
- chronostratigraphy
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- informal term
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Holsteinien
- Français
- Holsteinien
- Italiano
- Holsteiniano
- English
- Holsteinian
- Origin of the Name
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Named after the Holstein region (N Germany).
- Historical Variants
- Holsteinian (NW Europe)
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- Hoxnian (United Kingdom), Likhvinian (Russia)
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
- MIS-11, approx. 340'000-325'000 a