Sarmatian (s.s.)
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- Color CMYK
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- Color RGB
- R: 255 G: 255 B: 89
- Rank
- chronostratigraphy
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- local name (informal)
- Status discussion
Nomenclature
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- Sarmatien (s.s.)
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- Sarmatiano (s.s.)
- English
- Sarmatian (s.s.)
- Origin of the Name
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Named after the Sarmatian tribes that lived in the Black Sea region (ex URSS / Iran).
- Historical Variants
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Sarmatien (Barbot de Marny in: Suess 1869, Denizot et al. 1957), Sarmatien = Sarmatisch = Tortonien estuarial (Renevier 1897), Sarmatium, Sarmatische Stufe, Sarmat (Andrussov 1899) >< Sarmat (Suess ----), Sarmatium (Giersch 2004)
Hierarchy and sequence
- Units at roof
Age
- Age at top
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- early Tortonian
- Age at base
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- Serravallian
- Dating Method
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MN7
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Central Europe.