Sinemurian (199.3 +/-0.3 Ma)
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- Index
- sin
- Color CMYK
- 60 / 5 / 0 / 0
- Color RGB
- R: 103 G: 188 B: 216
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Stage
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- valid formal name
- Status discussion
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Sinémurien (CH ; DE/AT: Sinemurium)
- Français
- Sinémurien
- Italiano
- Sinemuriano
- English
- Sinemurian (199.3 +/-0.3 Ma)
- Origin of the Name
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Named after the town of Sémur-en-Auxois (Côte-d'Or, France).
- Historical Variants
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Sinémurien (d'Orbigny 1849, Mouterde 1956), Sémurien (Mayer-Eymar 1864, Mouterde 1956), 10e Etage = Sinémurien (Greppin 1866)
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
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Latin: Sinemurium
Age
- Age at top
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- Sinemurian
- Age at base
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- Sinemurian
Geography
- Type area
- Yonne and Côte-d'Or (Paris Basin, Bourgogne, France)