Autunien

Representation and status

Color CMYK

N/A

Color RGB

R: 125 G: 125 B: 125

Rank

chronostratigraphy

Validity

Unit is not in Use

Status

obsolete term (disused)

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Autunien

Français

Autunien

Italiano

Autuniano

English

Autunian

Origin of the Name

Named after the town of Autun (Saône-et-Loire, France).

Historical Variants

Autunien (Mayer-Eymar 1881, Munier-Chalmas & de Lapparent 1893), Autunon (Mayer-Eymar 1888), Autunium (DE/AT)

Hierarchy and sequence

Units at roof

• Saxonian (Permian)

Age

Age at top

• Artinskian

Age at base

• Asselian

References

Definition

Mayer-Eymar C. (1881) : Classification internationale, naturelle, uniforme, homophone et pratique des terrains de Sediment (Zürich)

"Rothliegende" inférieur. "Lower new red sandstone". "Cuseler-Schichten". (Autun, Saône-et-Loire)