Mesozoic (~ 251 Ma)
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- Rango
- Era cronostratigrafica
- Uso
- Unità in uso.
- Status
- termine formale valido
Nomenclatura
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- Mesozoic (~ 251 Ma)
- Varianti storiche
- Mesozoik, Ère secondaire, Erdmittelalter, Mittelalter, Secondario, ère des Reptiles, ère des Dinosaures, Zeitalter der Reptilien, Zeitalter der Dinosaurier, Zeit der Tethys
- Nota sul nome
- montes secundarii (Arduino 1759)
Gerarchia e successione
- Unità di rango inferiore
- Unità sovrastante
Età
- Geomorfologia
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- Maastrichtiano
- Età alla base
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- Induano
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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.
- Rango
- Periodo cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- Age
- Berriasiano
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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).
- Rango
- Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- In breve
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Last stage of the Cretaceous (and hence of the Mesozoic as well).
- Age
- Maastrichtiano
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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.
- Rango
- Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- Age
- Campaniano
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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).
- Rango
- Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- Age
- Santoniano
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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.
- Rango
- Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- In breve
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Initially defined as the basal stage of the «Craie supérieure» (chalk ; cf. Cretaceous).
- Age
- Coniaciano
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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.
- Rango
- Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- Age
- Turoniano
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Bonarelli level (OAE-2)
- Name Origin
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Named after the Italian geologist Guido Bonarelli (1871-1951).
- Rango
- OAE
- Statuto
- valido
- In breve
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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
- Cenomaniano tardo
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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.
- Rango
- Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- In breve
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First stage of the Late Cretaceous.
- Age
- Cenomaniano
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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).
- Rango
- Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- <p>Latin: Alba</p>
- In breve
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Last stage of the Early Cretaceous.
- Age
- Albiano
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Vraconnien
- Name Origin
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La Vraconnaz = La Vraconne (VD), Saint-Croix
- Rango
- cronostratigrafia
- Statuto
- termine obsoleto (abbandonato)
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- <p>Vraconnin (Mayer-Eymar 1885) = Albien moyen à tardif >< Rhotomagin = Vraconnien !</p>
- In breve
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Local chronostratigraphic subdivision corresponding to the late Albian (and earliest Cenomanian).
- Age
- Albiano terminale
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Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE 1d)
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Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE 1c)
- Rango
- chemostratigrafia
- Statuto
- valido
- In breve
- Oceanic anoxic event of the Late Albian.
- Age
- Albiano medio
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Paquier Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE 1b)
- Rango
- OAE
- Statuto
- valido
- In breve
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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).
- Rango
- Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- In breve
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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).
- Rango
- cronostratigrafia
- Statuto
- termine locale (informale)
- In breve
- Local chronostratigraphic substage corresponding to the Late Aptian.
- Age
- Aptiano tardo
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Gargasian
- Name Origin
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Named after the village of Gargas (Vaucluse, France).
- Rango
- Sotto-Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine locale (informale)
- In breve
- Local chronostratigraphic subdivision corresponding to the latest Early Aptian and to the Middle Aptian.
- Age
- Primo Aptiano
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Bedoulian
- Name Origin
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Named after the village of La Bédoule (Bouches-du-Rhône, France), near Cassis.
- Rango
- cronostratigrafia
- Statuto
- termine locale (informale)
- Termine valido
- Aptian
- In breve
- 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
- Primo Aptiano
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Selli level (OAE 1a)
- Name Origin
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Named after the Italian geologist Raimondo Selli (1916-1983).
- Rango
- OAE
- Statuto
- valido
- In breve
-
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
- Primo Aptiano
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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).
- Rango
- Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- In breve
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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.
- Rango
- Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- 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).
- Rango
- Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- <p>Valendis = ancien nom allemand de Valangin</p>
- In breve
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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).
- Rango
- Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- <p>The Berriasella jacobi Zone was previously placed at the end of the Tithonian.</p>
- In breve
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First stage of the Cretaceous.
- Age
- Berriasiano
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Jurassic (201.3 +/-0.2 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the Jura Mountains (France, Switzerland).
- Rango
- Periodo cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- Age
- Hettangiano
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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).
- Rango
- Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- 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>
- In breve
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Last stage of the Jurassic.
- Age
- Tithoniano
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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.
- Rango
- Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- 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).
- Rango
- Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- In breve
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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.
- Rango
- Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- In breve
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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.
- Rango
- Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- In breve
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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.
- Rango
- Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- <p>Latin: Bajocium</p>
- In breve
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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.
- Rango
- OAE
- Statuto
- termine informale
- In breve
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Black shale interval locally developped at the transition betwenn the Rosso Ammonitico Lombardo and the Radiolarite Group.
- Age
- primo Bajociano
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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
- Rango
- Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- In breve
-
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.
- Rango
- Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- <p>Latin: Toarcium</p>
- In breve
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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
- Rango
- Sotto-Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- Age
- spätes Toarcien
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Middle Toarcian
- Rango
- Sotto-Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- In breve
- The Middle Toarcian is defined biostratigraphically by the ammonite genera Hildoceras and Haugia.
- Age
- mittleres Toarcien
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Early Toarcian
- Rango
- Sotto-Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- In breve
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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
- Rango
- OAE
- Statuto
- termine informale
- In breve
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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.
- Rango
- Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- Age
- Pliensbachien
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Domerian
- Name Origin
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Named after Monte Domaro (Italia), Val Trompia / Lombardia.
- Rango
- Sotto-Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine informale
- In breve
-
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).
- Rango
- Sotto-Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine informale
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- Latin: Carixium
- In breve
- 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).
- Rango
- Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- <p>Latin: Sinemurium</p>
- Age
- Sinémurien
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Hettangian (201.3 +/-0.2 Ma)
- Name Origin
-
Named after the town of Hettange (Moselle, N France), just south of the border with Luxembourg,
- Rango
- Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- In breve
-
First stage of the Jurassic.
- Age
- Hettangiano
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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.
- Rango
- Periodo cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- <p>die Trias (DE), le Trias (FR)</p>
- In breve
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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)
- Rango
- Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- 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.
- Rango
- Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- Age
- Norien
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Sevatian
- Rango
- Sotto-Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine locale (informale)
- In breve
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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).
- Rango
- Sotto-Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine locale (informale)
- In breve
-
Local substage corresponding to the Middle Norian (Late Triassic).
- Age
- Norien
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Lacian
- Rango
- Sotto-Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine locale (informale)
- In breve
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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).
- Rango
- Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- 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.
- Rango
- Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- 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.
- Rango
- Sotto-Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine locale (informale)
- In breve
- Last, informal substage of the Ladinian.
- Age
- Spätes Ladinien
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Fassanian
- Name Origin
-
Named after the Val di Fassa (Italia).
- Rango
- Sotto-Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine locale (informale)
- In breve
- 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).
- Rango
- Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- <p>Virglorien supérieur</p>
- In breve
-
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).
- Rango
- Sotto-Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine locale (informale)
- In breve
- Last substage of the Anisian (Middle Triassic).
- Age
- Spätes Anisien
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Pelsonian
- Name Origin
-
Named after Lake Pelso = Lake Balaton (Transdanubian region, Hungary.
- Rango
- Sotto-Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine locale (informale)
- In breve
- Third substage of the Anisian.
- Age
- Anisien
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Bithynian
- Name Origin
-
Named after the Roman province Bithynia (NW Turkey).
- Rango
- Sotto-Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine locale (informale)
- In breve
- 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).
- Rango
- Sotto-Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine locale (informale)
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- Ägäissches Meer = mer Égée
- In breve
- 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
-
Olenek = Olenyok River, N Siberian Russia
- Rango
- Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- In breve
-
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
-
Leonard Frank Spath (1882-1957), British geologist and paleontologist.
- Rango
- Sotto-Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine locale (informale)
-
Smithian
- Name Origin
- James Perrin Smith (1864-1931), US geologist and paleontologist.
- Rango
- Sotto-Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine locale (informale)
-
Induan (251.902 +/-0.024 Ma)
- Name Origin
-
Indus River in the Salt Range of Pakistan.
- Rango
- Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- Age
- Induano
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Dienerian
- Name Origin
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Karl Diener (1862-1928), Austrian geologist, paleontologist and alpinist.
- Rango
- Sotto-Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine locale (informale)
-
Griesbachian
- Name Origin
- Griesbach
- Rango
- Sotto-Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine locale (informale)
-