Mesozoic (~ 251 Ma)
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- Index
- msz
- Couleur CMYK
- 60 / 0 / 10 / 0
- Couleur RGB
- R: 103 G: 197 B: 202
- Rang
- Ère chronostratigraphique
- Usage
- Ce terme est en usage.
- Status
- terme formel valide
Nomenclature
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- Mesozoic (~ 251 Ma)
- Variantes historiques
- Mesozoik, Ère secondaire, Erdmittelalter, Mittelalter, Secondario, ère des Reptiles, ère des Dinosaures, Zeitalter der Reptilien, Zeitalter der Dinosaurier, Zeit der Tethys
- Remarques nomenclatoriales
- montes secundarii (Arduino 1759)
Hiérarchie et succession
- Unités hiérarchiquement subordonnées
- Unités sus-jacentes
Âge
- Âge au sommet
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- Maastrichtien
- Âge à la base
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- Induen
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Cretaceous (~ 145 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named derived from the characteristic chalk deposits (Latin: creta = craie, Kreide) of the Paris-London Basin.
- Rang
- Période chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- Age
- Berriasien
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Late Cretaceous (100.5 Ma)
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Maastrichtian (72.1 +/-0.2 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the town of Maastricht (Netherlands).
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- En bref
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Last stage of the Cretaceous (and hence of the Mesozoic as well).
- Age
- Maastrichtien
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Campanian (83.6 +/-0.2 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the Champagne de Saintonge (Charentes, France), near Cognac.
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- Age
- Campanien
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Santonian (86.3 +/-0.5 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the former province of Saintonge (Charentes, France).
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- Age
- Santonien
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Coniacian (89.8 +/-0.3 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the town of Cognac (Charente-Maritime, France), where the historical stratotype lies.
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- En bref
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Initially defined as the basal stage of the «Craie supérieure» (chalk ; cf. Cretaceous).
- Age
- Coniacien
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Turonian (93.9 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after Turonia, the Latine name for Tours (France), Indre-et-Loire.
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- Age
- Turonien
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Bonarelli level (OAE-2)
- Name Origin
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Named after the Italian geologist Guido Bonarelli (1871-1951).
- Rang
- OAE
- Statut
- valide
- En bref
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Oceanic anoxic event at the Cenomanian/Turonian boundary (around 93 Ma ago) with a major impact on the chemistry of the oceans worldwide. This event correlates with a marine extinction event.
- Age
- Cénomanien tardif
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Cenomanian (100.5 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named atfer Cenomanum, the Latine name for Le Mans (France), Sarthe.
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- En bref
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First stage of the Late Cretaceous.
- Age
- Cénomanien
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Early Cretaceous (~ 145 Ma)
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Albian (~ 113.0 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the Aube region (France).
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- <p>Latin: Alba</p>
- En bref
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Last stage of the Early Cretaceous.
- Age
- Albien
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Vraconnien
- Name Origin
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La Vraconnaz = La Vraconne (VD), Saint-Croix
- Rang
- chronostratigraphie
- Statut
- terme obsolète (abandonné)
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- <p>Vraconnin (Mayer-Eymar 1885) = Albien moyen à tardif >< Rhotomagin = Vraconnien !</p>
- En bref
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Local chronostratigraphic subdivision corresponding to the late Albian (and earliest Cenomanian).
- Age
- Albien terminal
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Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE 1d)
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Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE 1c)
- Rang
- chemostratigraphie
- Statut
- valide
- En bref
- Oceanic anoxic event of the Late Albian.
- Age
- Albien moyen
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Paquier Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE 1b)
- Rang
- OAE
- Statut
- valide
- En bref
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Oceanic anoxic event of the Early Albian.
- Age
- Spätestes Aptien
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Aptian (~ 121.4 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the town of Apt (Vaucluse, France).
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- En bref
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Stage of the Early Cretaceous.
- Age
- Aptien
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Clansayésien
- Name Origin
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Named after the village of Clansayes (Drôme, France).
- Rang
- chronostratigraphie
- Statut
- terme local (informel)
- En bref
- Local chronostratigraphic substage corresponding to the Late Aptian.
- Age
- Aptien tardif
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Gargasian
- Name Origin
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Named after the village of Gargas (Vaucluse, France).
- Rang
- Sous-Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme local (informel)
- En bref
- Local chronostratigraphic subdivision corresponding to the latest Early Aptian and to the Middle Aptian.
- Age
- Aptien précoce
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Bedoulian
- Name Origin
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Named after the village of La Bédoule (Bouches-du-Rhône, France), near Cassis.
- Rang
- chronostratigraphie
- Statut
- terme local (informel)
- Durée de validité
- Aptian
- En bref
- Local chronostratigraphic subdivision designating the Early Aptian. The Bedoulian, based on pelagic deposits (Marno-calcaires de la Bedoule), is approximately equivalent to the Rhodanian, which is based on littoral deposits.
- Age
- Aptien précoce
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Selli level (OAE 1a)
- Name Origin
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Named after the Italian geologist Raimondo Selli (1916-1983).
- Rang
- OAE
- Statut
- valide
- En bref
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Oceanic anoxic event at the base of the Aptian (around 120 Ma ago) with a major impact on the chemistry of the oceans worldwide.
- Age
- Aptien précoce
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Barremian (~ 129.4 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the village of Barrême (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France).
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- En bref
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... based on the Marno-calcaires de Barrême.
- Age
- Barrémien
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Hauterivian (~ 132.6 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the village of Hauterive (NE), NE Neuchâtel.
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- Age
- Hauterivien
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Valanginian (~ 139.8 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the village of Valangin (NE), at the upper end of the Gorges du Seyon (see also inventory of Swiss geotopes n°245).
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- <p>Valendis = ancien nom allemand de Valangin</p>
- En bref
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Second stage of the Early Cretaceous.
- Age
- Valanginien
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Berriasian (~ 145 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the village of Berrias (Ardèche, France).
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- <p>The Berriasella jacobi Zone was previously placed at the end of the Tithonian.</p>
- En bref
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First stage of the Cretaceous.
- Age
- Berriasien
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Jurassic (201.3 +/-0.2 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the Jura Mountains (France, Switzerland).
- Rang
- Période chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- Age
- Hettangien
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Late Jurassic (163.5 +/-1.0 Ma)
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Tithonian (152.1 +/-0.9 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named derived from the Greek mythology: Tithon was the son of Laomedon of Troy, who fell in love with Eos, Greek goddess of the dawn (thus prefiguring the Cretaceous system).
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- <p>The Berriasella jacobi Zone, previously placed at the end of the Tithonian, is now considered as defining the start of the Berriasian.</p>
- En bref
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Last stage of the Jurassic.
- Age
- Tithonien
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Kimmeridgian (157.3 +/-1.0 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the town of Kimmeridge on the Dorset coast (UK). The Kimmeridge Clay Formation is the main oil source rock in the North Sea petroleum province.
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- Age
- Kimméridgien
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Oxfordian (163.5 +/-1.0 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the city of Oxford (UK).
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- En bref
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First stage of the Late Jurassic.
- Age
- Oxfordien
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Middle Jurassic (174.1 +/-1.0 Ma)
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Callovian (166.1 +/-1.2 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named derived from the old spelling of Kellaways Bridge (UK), Wiltshire, 2 miles NE Chippenham.
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- En bref
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Last stage of the Middle Jurassic.
- Age
- Callovien
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Bathonian (168.3 +/-1.3 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the town of Bath (Somerset, UK), near Bristol. The city itself is largely built of Bath Stone, a bright white oolithic limestone that is quarried nearby.
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- En bref
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Third stage of the Middle Jurassic.
- Age
- Bathonien
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Bajocian (170.3 +/-1.4 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the town of Bayeux (Calvados, France) in Normandy.
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- <p>Latin: Bajocium</p>
- En bref
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Second stage of the Middle Jurassic.
- Age
- Bajocien
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Gaetani Oceanic Anoxic Event
- Name Origin
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Named in recognition of Maurizio Gaetani's work on Jurassic sedimentary successions of the Lombardy Basin.
- Rang
- OAE
- Statut
- terme informel
- En bref
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Black shale interval locally developped at the transition betwenn the Rosso Ammonitico Lombardo and the Radiolarite Group.
- Age
- Bajocien précoce
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Aalenian (174.1 +/-1.0 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the town of Aalen (Germany), Baden-Württemberg
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- En bref
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First stage of the Middle Jurassic.
- Age
- Aalénien
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Early Jurassic (201.3 +/-0.2 Ma)
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Toarcian (182.7 +/-0.7 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the town of Thouars (Deux-Sèvres, France), S Saumur. The protected stratotype lies in an old quarry.
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- <p>Latin: Toarcium</p>
- En bref
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The Pliensbachian/Toarcian boundary is marked by a major faunal turnover and regional stratigraphic gaps, followed by a global Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE) recorded as black shales (such as the well-known «Posidonienschiefer» of Southern Germany, equivalent to the French «schistes-carton»).
- Age
- Toarcien
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Late Toarcian
- Rang
- Sous-Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- Age
- spätes Toarcien
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Middle Toarcian
- Rang
- Sous-Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- En bref
- The Middle Toarcian is defined biostratigraphically by the ammonite genera Hildoceras and Haugia.
- Age
- mittleres Toarcien
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Early Toarcian
- Rang
- Sous-Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- En bref
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The Early Toarcian is characterized almost worldwide by black shales (among which the well-known «Posidonienschiefer» of Southern Germany, and the French «schistes-carton») with an ammonite fauna composed mainly of dactylioceratids, harpoceratids and early hildoceratids.
- Age
- frühes Toarcien
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Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event
- Rang
- OAE
- Statut
- terme informel
- En bref
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Major oceanic anoxic event of the Early Toarcian (around 183 Ma ago), documented by black shale deposits found on all major continents (no oceanic drilling cores have recovered black shales of this age as there is little or no Toarcian ocean crust remaining in the world ocean). This event correlates with a marine extinction event.
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Pliensbachian (190.8 +/-1.0 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the village of Pliensbach (Baden-Württemberg, S Germany), 30 km E Stuttgart.
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- Age
- Pliensbachien
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Domerian
- Name Origin
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Named after Monte Domaro (Italia), Val Trompia / Lombardia.
- Rang
- Sous-Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme informel
- En bref
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Informal substage corresponding to the late Pliensbachian.
- Age
- spätes Pliensbachien (= Domérien)
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Carixian
- Name Origin
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Named after Charmouth (Dorset, UK).
- Rang
- Sous-Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme informel
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- Latin: Carixium
- En bref
- First, informal substage of the Pliensbachian.
- Age
- frühes Pliensbachien (= Carixien)
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Sinemurian (199.3 +/-0.3 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the town of Sémur-en-Auxois (Côte-d'Or, France).
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- <p>Latin: Sinemurium</p>
- Age
- Sinémurien
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Hettangian (201.3 +/-0.2 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the town of Hettange (Moselle, N France), just south of the border with Luxembourg,
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- En bref
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First stage of the Jurassic.
- Age
- Hettangien
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Triassic (251.902 +/- 0.024 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Name derived from the classical three-fold subdivision in the germanic facies realm.
- Rang
- Période chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- <p>die Trias (DE), le Trias (FR)</p>
- En bref
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Tectonically rather quiet period inbetween the Variscan and Alpine orogenic cycles. The first deposits are transgressive on a vast peneplain.
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Late Triassic (~ 237 Ma)
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Rhaetian (~ 208.5 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Rhaetian Alps (Switzerland, Austria and Italy)
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- Age
- Rhät
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Norian (~ 227 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Noric Alps / Noricum (Latin): ancient Roman province south of the Danube River in present-day Austria.
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- Age
- Norien
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Sevatian
- Rang
- Sous-Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme local (informel)
- En bref
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Local substage corresponding to the Late Norian (Late Triassic).
- Age
- Norien
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Alaunian
- Name Origin
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Named after the Hallaun people in Hollein (Tyrol, Austria).
- Rang
- Sous-Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme local (informel)
- En bref
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Local substage corresponding to the Middle Norian (Late Triassic).
- Age
- Norien
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Lacian
- Rang
- Sous-Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme local (informel)
- En bref
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Local substage corresponding to the Early Norian (Late Triassic).
- Age
- Norien
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Carnian (~ 237 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named atfer the Carnic Alps zwischen Austria and Italy (East Tyrol, Carinthia, Friuli and Veneto).
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- Age
- Carnien
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Middle Triassic (247.2 Ma)
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Ladinian (~ 242 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the Ladini people of the Dolomites, N Italy.
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- Age
- Ladinien
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Longobardian
- Name Origin
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Name derived fromthe term Longobardi, designating the territories controlled by the Lombards in Italy.
- Rang
- Sous-Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme local (informel)
- En bref
- Last, informal substage of the Ladinian.
- Age
- Spätes Ladinien
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Fassanian
- Name Origin
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Named after the Val di Fassa (Italia).
- Rang
- Sous-Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme local (informel)
- En bref
- First, informal substage of the Ladinian. Originally based on the Buchenstein Beds, it corresponds to a major transgressive interval.
- Age
- Frühes Ladinien
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Anisian (247.2 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the Enns (= Anisus) River at Grossreifling (Austrian Alps).
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- <p>Virglorien supérieur</p>
- En bref
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First stage of the Middle Triassic.
- Age
- Anisien
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Illyrian
- Name Origin
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Named after the antique region Illyria (western part of the Balkan Peninsula).
- Rang
- Sous-Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme local (informel)
- En bref
- Last substage of the Anisian (Middle Triassic).
- Age
- Spätes Anisien
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Pelsonian
- Name Origin
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Named after Lake Pelso = Lake Balaton (Transdanubian region, Hungary.
- Rang
- Sous-Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme local (informel)
- En bref
- Third substage of the Anisian.
- Age
- Anisien
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Bithynian
- Name Origin
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Named after the Roman province Bithynia (NW Turkey).
- Rang
- Sous-Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme local (informel)
- En bref
- Second substage of the Anisian (Middle Triassic).
- Age
- Anisien
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Aegean
- Name Origin
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Named after the Aegean Sea (Greece).
- Rang
- Sous-Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme local (informel)
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- Ägäissches Meer = mer Égée
- En bref
- First substage of the Anisian (Middle Triassic).
- Age
- Frühes Anisien
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Early Triassic (251.902 +/-0.024 Ma)
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Olenekian (251.2 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Olenek = Olenyok River, N Siberian Russia
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- En bref
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In Europe the Olenekian is the time when the deposition of a large part of the Buntsandstein occured .
- Age
- Olénékien
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Spathian
- Name Origin
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Leonard Frank Spath (1882-1957), British geologist and paleontologist.
- Rang
- Sous-Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme local (informel)
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Smithian
- Name Origin
- James Perrin Smith (1864-1931), US geologist and paleontologist.
- Rang
- Sous-Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme local (informel)
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Induan (251.902 +/-0.024 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Indus River in the Salt Range of Pakistan.
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- Age
- Induen
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Dienerian
- Name Origin
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Karl Diener (1862-1928), Austrian geologist, paleontologist and alpinist.
- Rang
- Sous-Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme local (informel)
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Griesbachian
- Name Origin
- Griesbach
- Rang
- Sous-Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme local (informel)
-