Pontian
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- Color CMYK
- (0%,0%,0%,100%)
- Color RGB
- R: 255 G: 255 B: 115
- Rank
- chronostratigraphy
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- local name (informal)
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Pontien
- Français
- Pontien
- Italiano
- Pontiano
- English
- Pontian
- Origin of the Name
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Named after Pontus Euxinus, former Latine name for the Black Sea.
- Historical Variants
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--- (Le Play 1842, Bardot de Marny 1869), Pontien (Denizot et al. 1957), Pontium, Pont, Pontico
Links
- Synonyms
Hierarchy and sequence
- Units at roof
Age
- Age at top
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- Messinian
- Age at base
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- Tortonian
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Central Europe.