Olenekian (251.2 Ma)
Back to Time ScaleRepresentation and status
- Color CMYK
- 30 / 65 / 0 / 0
- Color RGB
- R: 176 G: 81 B: 165
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Stage
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- valid formal name
- Status discussion
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Olénékien
- Français
- Olénékien
- Italiano
- Olenekiano
- English
- Olenekian (251.2 Ma)
- Origin of the Name
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Olenek = Olenyok River, N Siberian Russia
- Historical Variants
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Olenek, Olenekium (DE/AT)
Age
- Age at top
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- Olenekian
- Age at base
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- Olenekian
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Spathian
- Name Origin
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Leonard Frank Spath (1882-1957), British geologist and paleontologist.
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Substage
- Status
- local name (informal)
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Smithian
- Name Origin
- James Perrin Smith (1864-1931), US geologist and paleontologist.
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Substage
- Status
- local name (informal)