Mesozoic (~ 251 Ma)

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Rappresentazione e statuto

Index
msz
Colore CMYK
60 / 0 / 10 / 0
Colore RGB
R: 103 G: 197 B: 202
Rango
Era cronostratigrafica
Uso
Unità in uso.
Status
termine formale valido

Nomenclatura

Deutsch
Mesozoikum
Français
Mésozoïque
Italiano
Mesozoico
English
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 sovrastante

Età

Geomorfologia
  • Maastrichtiano
Età alla base
  • Induano
  • Cretaceous (~ 145 Ma)

    Name Origin

    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
    • Late Cretaceous (100.5 Ma)

      Rango
      Epoca cronostratigrafica
      Statuto
      termine formale valido
      Age
      Cenomaniano
      • Maastrichtian (72.1 +/-0.2 Ma)

        Name Origin

        Named after the town of Maastricht (Netherlands).

        Rango
        Piano cronostratigrafico
        Statuto
        termine formale valido
        In breve

        Last stage of the Cretaceous (and hence of the Mesozoic as well).

        Age
        Maastrichtiano
      • Campanian (83.6 +/-0.2 Ma)

        Name Origin

        Named after the Champagne de Saintonge (Charentes, France), near Cognac.

        Rango
        Piano cronostratigrafico
        Statuto
        termine formale valido
        Age
        Campaniano
      • Santonian (86.3 +/-0.5 Ma)

        Name Origin

        Named after the former province of Saintonge (Charentes, France).

        Rango
        Piano cronostratigrafico
        Statuto
        termine formale valido
        Age
        Santoniano
      • Coniacian (89.8 +/-0.3 Ma)

        Name Origin

        Named after the town of Cognac (Charente-Maritime, France), where the historical stratotype lies.

        Rango
        Piano cronostratigrafico
        Statuto
        termine formale valido
        In breve

        Initially defined as the basal stage of the «Craie supérieure» (chalk ; cf. Cretaceous).

        Age
        Coniaciano
      • Turonian (93.9 Ma)

        Name Origin

        Named after Turonia, the Latine name for Tours (France), Indre-et-Loire.

        Rango
        Piano cronostratigrafico
        Statuto
        termine formale valido
        Age
        Turoniano
      • Bonarelli level (OAE-2)

        Name Origin

        Named after the Italian geologist Guido Bonarelli (1871-1951).

        Rango
        OAE
        Statuto
        valido
        In breve

        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
      • Cenomanian (100.5 Ma)

        Name Origin

        Named atfer Cenomanum, the Latine name for Le Mans (France), Sarthe.

        Rango
        Piano cronostratigrafico
        Statuto
        termine formale valido
        In breve

        First stage of the Late Cretaceous.

        Age
        Cenomaniano
    • Early Cretaceous (~ 145 Ma)

      Rango
      Epoca cronostratigrafica
      Statuto
      termine formale valido
      Age
      Berriasiano
      • Albian (~ 113.0 Ma)

        Name Origin

        Named after the Aube region (France).

        Rango
        Piano cronostratigrafico
        Statuto
        termine formale valido
        Nomenclatorial Remarks
        <p>Latin: Alba</p>
        In breve

        Last stage of the Early Cretaceous.

        Age
        Albiano
        • Vraconnien

          Name Origin

          La Vraconnaz = La Vraconne (VD), Saint-Croix

          Rango
          cronostratigrafia
          Statuto
          termine obsoleto (abbandonato)
          Nomenclatorial Remarks
          <p>Vraconnin (Mayer-Eymar 1885) = Albien moyen à tardif &gt;&lt; Rhotomagin = Vraconnien !</p>
          In breve

          Local chronostratigraphic subdivision corresponding to the late Albian (and earliest Cenomanian).

          Age
          Albiano terminale
        • Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE 1d)

          Rango
          OAE
          Statuto
          valido
          Age
          Albiano terminale
        • Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE 1c)

          Rango
          chemostratigrafia
          Statuto
          valido
          In breve
          Oceanic anoxic event of the Late Albian.
          Age
          Albiano medio
      • Paquier Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE 1b)

        Rango
        OAE
        Statuto
        valido
        In breve

        Oceanic anoxic event of the Early Albian.

        Age
        Spätestes Aptien
      • Aptian (~ 121.4 Ma)

        Name Origin

        Named after the town of Apt (Vaucluse, France).

        Rango
        Piano cronostratigrafico
        Statuto
        termine formale valido
        In breve

        Stage of the Early Cretaceous.

        Age
        Aptien
        • Clansayésien

          Name Origin

          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
        • Gargasian

          Name Origin

          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
        • Bedoulian

          Name Origin

          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
        • Selli level (OAE 1a)

          Name Origin

          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
      • Barremian (~ 129.4 Ma)

        Name Origin

        Named after the village of Barrême (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France).

        Rango
        Piano cronostratigrafico
        Statuto
        termine formale valido
        In breve

        ... based on the Marno-calcaires de Barrême.

        Age
        Barrémien
      • Hauterivian (~ 132.6 Ma)

        Name Origin

        Named after the village of Hauterive (NE), NE Neuchâtel.

        Rango
        Piano cronostratigrafico
        Statuto
        termine formale valido
        Age
        Hauterivien
        • Faraoni Oceanic Anoxic Event

          Rango
          OAE
          Statuto
          valido
          Age
          Spätestes Hauterivien
      • Valanginian (~ 139.8 Ma)

        Name Origin

        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

        Second stage of the Early Cretaceous.

        Age
        Valanginien
      • Berriasian (~ 145 Ma)

        Name Origin

        Named after the village of Berrias (Ardèche, France).

        Rango
        Piano cronostratigrafico
        Statuto
        termine formale valido
        Nomenclatorial Remarks
        <p>The Berriasella jacobi Zone was previously&nbsp;placed at the end of the Tithonian.</p>
        In breve

        First stage of the Cretaceous.

        Age
        Berriasiano
  • Jurassic (201.3 +/-0.2 Ma)

    Name Origin

    Named after the Jura Mountains (France, Switzerland).

    Rango
    Periodo cronostratigrafico
    Statuto
    termine formale valido
    Age
    Hettangiano
    • Late Jurassic (163.5 +/-1.0 Ma)

      Rango
      Epoca cronostratigrafica
      Statuto
      termine formale valido
      Age
      Oxfordien
      • Tithonian (152.1 +/-0.9 Ma)

        Name Origin

        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&nbsp;placed at the end of the Tithonian, is now considered as defining the start&nbsp;of the Berriasian.</p>
        In breve

        Last stage of the Jurassic.

        Age
        Tithoniano
      • Kimmeridgian (157.3 +/-1.0 Ma)

        Name Origin

        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
      • Oxfordian (163.5 +/-1.0 Ma)

        Name Origin

        Named after the city of Oxford (UK).

        Rango
        Piano cronostratigrafico
        Statuto
        termine formale valido
        In breve

        First stage of the Late Jurassic.

        Age
        Oxfordien
    • Middle Jurassic (174.1 +/-1.0 Ma)

      Rango
      Epoca cronostratigrafica
      Statuto
      termine formale valido
      Age
      Aalénien
      • Callovian (166.1 +/-1.2 Ma)

        Name Origin

        Named derived from the old spelling of Kellaways Bridge (UK), Wiltshire, 2 miles NE Chippenham.

        Rango
        Piano cronostratigrafico
        Statuto
        termine formale valido
        In breve

        Last stage of the Middle Jurassic.

        Age
        Callovien
      • Bathonian (168.3 +/-1.3 Ma)

        Name Origin

        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

        Third stage of the Middle Jurassic.

        Age
        Bathonien
      • Bajocian (170.3 +/-1.4 Ma)

        Name Origin

        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

        Second stage of the Middle Jurassic.

        Age
        Bajocien
        • Gaetani Oceanic Anoxic Event

          Name Origin

          Named in recognition of Maurizio Gaetani's work on Jurassic sedimentary successions of the Lombardy Basin.

          Rango
          OAE
          Statuto
          termine informale
          In breve

          Black shale interval locally developped at the transition betwenn the Rosso Ammonitico Lombardo and the Radiolarite Group.

          Age
          primo Bajociano
      • Aalenian (174.1 +/-1.0 Ma)

        Name Origin

        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
    • Early Jurassic (201.3 +/-0.2 Ma)

      Rango
      Epoca cronostratigrafica
      Statuto
      termine formale valido
      Age
      Hettangiano
      • Toarcian (182.7 +/-0.7 Ma)

        Name Origin

        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

        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
        • Late Toarcian

          Rango
          Sotto-Piano cronostratigrafico
          Statuto
          termine formale valido
          Age
          spätes Toarcien
        • 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
        • Early Toarcian

          Rango
          Sotto-Piano cronostratigrafico
          Statuto
          termine formale valido
          In breve

          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
          • Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event

            Rango
            OAE
            Statuto
            termine informale
            In breve

            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.

      • Pliensbachian (190.8 +/-1.0 Ma)

        Name Origin

        Named after the village of Pliensbach (Baden-Württemberg, S Germany), 30 km E Stuttgart.

        Rango
        Piano cronostratigrafico
        Statuto
        termine formale valido
        Age
        Pliensbachien
        • Domerian

          Name Origin

          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)
        • Carixian

          Name Origin

          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)
      • Sinemurian (199.3 +/-0.3 Ma)

        Name Origin

        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
        • Lotharingian

          Name Origin

          Named after the Lorraine region (Lotharingium = carolingian province), NE France.

          Rango
          cronostratigrafia
          Statuto
          termine obsoleto (abbandonato)
          In breve

          Former chronostratigraphic subdivision corresponding to the Late Sinemurian substage.

          Age
          spätes Sinémurien
      • 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
  • Triassic (251.902 +/- 0.024 Ma)

    Name Origin

    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

    Tectonically rather quiet period inbetween the Variscan and Alpine orogenic cycles. The first deposits are transgressive on a vast peneplain.

    • Late Triassic (~ 237 Ma)

      Rango
      Epoca cronostratigrafica
      Statuto
      termine formale valido
      Age
      Carnien
      • Rhaetian (~ 208.5 Ma)

        Name Origin

        Rhaetian Alps (Switzerland, Austria and Italy)

        Rango
        Piano cronostratigrafico
        Statuto
        termine formale valido
        Age
        Rhät
      • Norian (~ 227 Ma)

        Name Origin

        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
        • Sevatian

          Rango
          Sotto-Piano cronostratigrafico
          Statuto
          termine locale (informale)
          In breve

          Local substage corresponding to the Late Norian (Late Triassic).

          Age
          Norien
        • Alaunian

          Name Origin

          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
        • Lacian

          Rango
          Sotto-Piano cronostratigrafico
          Statuto
          termine locale (informale)
          In breve

          Local substage corresponding to the Early Norian (Late Triassic).

          Age
          Norien
      • Carnian (~ 237 Ma)

        Name Origin

        Named atfer the Carnic Alps zwischen Austria and Italy (East Tyrol, Carinthia, Friuli and Veneto).

        Rango
        Piano cronostratigrafico
        Statuto
        termine formale valido
        Age
        Carnien
        • Tuvalian

          Rango
          Sotto-Piano cronostratigrafico
          Statuto
          termine locale (informale)
          Age
          Spätes Carnien
        • Julian

          Rango
          Sotto-Piano cronostratigrafico
          Statuto
          termine locale (informale)
          Age
          Mittleres Carnien
    • Middle Triassic (247.2 Ma)

      Rango
      Epoca cronostratigrafica
      Statuto
      termine formale valido
      Age
      Anisien
      • Ladinian (~ 242 Ma)

        Name Origin

        Named after the Ladini people of the Dolomites, N Italy.

        Rango
        Piano cronostratigrafico
        Statuto
        termine formale valido
        Age
        Ladinien
        • Longobardian

          Name Origin

          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
        • 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
      • Anisian (247.2 Ma)

        Name Origin

        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
        • Illyrian

          Name Origin

          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
        • 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
        • 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
        • Aegean

          Name Origin

          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
    • Early Triassic (251.902 +/-0.024 Ma)

      Rango
      Epoca cronostratigrafica
      Statuto
      termine formale valido
      Age
      Induano
      • 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
        • 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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