Carixian
Back to Pliensbachian (190.8 +/-1.0 Ma)Representation and status
- Index
- crx
- Color CMYK
- (42%,11%,0%,13%)
- Color RGB
- R: 128 G: 197 B: 221
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Substage
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- informal term
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Carixien (CH ; DE/AT: Carixium)
- Français
- Carixien
- Italiano
- Carixiano
- English
- Carixian
- Origin of the Name
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Named after Charmouth (Dorset, UK).
- Historical Variants
- Lang 1913
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- Latin: Carixium
Hierarchy and sequence
- Units at roof
Age
- Age at top
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- early Pliensbachian (= Carixian)
- Age at base
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- early Pliensbachian (= Carixian)
Geography
- Type area
- Dorset (UK)