Lutetian (47.8 Ma)
Back to Time ScaleRepresentation and status
- Color CMYK
- 0/30/40/0
- Color RGB
- R: 252 G: 180 B: 130
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Stage
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- valid formal name
- Scs Note
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GSSP = Playa Gorrondatxe (España)
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Lutétien
- Français
- Lutétien
- Italiano
- Luteziano
- English
- Lutetian (47.8 Ma)
- Origin of the Name
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Named after the town of Paris = Lutetia (France).
- Historical Variants
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Parisien A (d'Orbigny 1852b), Parisien (Mayer-Eymar 1857), Lutétien (de Lapparent 1883, Denizot et al. 1957, Blondeau 1981), Lutetium, Lutet
Hierarchy and sequence
- Units at roof
- Upper boundary
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FAD Reticulofenestra reticulata (calcareous nanoplancton)
- Lower boundary
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FAD Blackites inflatus (calcareous nanoplancton)
Age
- Age at top
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- middle Eocene
- Age at base
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- middle Eocene
Geography
- Type area
- Paris Basin (France)
References
- Definition
- 1883) : Traité de géologie. 1ère édition (
- Definition
- 1957) : Tertiaire (France, Belgique, Pays-Bas, Luxembourg). Lexique stratigraphique international, vol. 1 Europe, Fasc. 4a VII (