Cretaceous (~ 145 Ma)
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- termine formale valido
Nomenclatura
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- Crétacé
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- Cretacico
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- Cretaceous (~ 145 Ma)
- Origine del nome
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Named derived from the characteristic chalk deposits (Latin: creta = craie, Kreide) of the Paris-London Basin.
- Varianti storiche
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terrain crétacique (d'Omalius d'Halloy 1822), Système crétacique (Mayer-Eymar 1888), Terrain crétacé (Sornay et al. 1957), Cretaceo (?), Kreidezeit
Gerarchia e successione
- Unità di rango inferiore
- Unità sovrastante
Età
- Geomorfologia
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- Maastrichtiano
- Età alla base
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- Berriasiano
Geografia
- Regione-tipo
- Bassin de Paris (France)
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Late Cretaceous (100.5 Ma)
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- Epoca cronostratigrafica
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- In breve
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The Late Cretaceous is the last geochronologic subepoch of the Cretaceous, starting with the Cenomanian age (at the transition from the Early Cretaceous subepoch) and ending with the Maastrichtian age (at the transition to the Plaeocene subepoch). It is subdivided in six ages (Cenomanian, Turonian, Coniacian, Santonian, Campanian and Maastrichtian).
- Age
- Cenomaniano
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Maastrichtian (72.1 +/-0.2 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the town of Maastricht (Netherlands).
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- Piano cronostratigrafico
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- termine formale valido
- In breve
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Last stage of the Cretaceous (and hence of the Mesozoic as well).
- Age
- Maastrichtiano
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Campanian (83.6 +/-0.2 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the Champagne de Saintonge (Charentes, France), near Cognac.
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- Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- Age
- Campaniano
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Santonian (86.3 +/-0.5 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the former province of Saintonge (Charentes, France).
- Rango
- Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- Age
- Santoniano
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Coniacian (89.8 +/-0.3 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the town of Cognac (Charente-Maritime, France), where the historical stratotype lies.
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- Piano cronostratigrafico
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- termine formale valido
- In breve
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Initially defined as the basal stage of the «Craie supérieure» (chalk ; cf. Cretaceous).
- Age
- Coniaciano
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Turonian (93.9 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after Turonia, the Latine name for Tours (France), Indre-et-Loire.
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- Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- Age
- Turoniano
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Bonarelli level (OAE-2)
- Name Origin
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Named after the Italian geologist Guido Bonarelli (1871-1951).
- Rango
- OAE
- Statuto
- valido
- In breve
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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
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Cenomanian (100.5 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named atfer Cenomanum, the Latine name for Le Mans (France), Sarthe.
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- Piano cronostratigrafico
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- termine formale valido
- In breve
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First stage of the Late Cretaceous.
- Age
- Cenomaniano
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Early Cretaceous (~ 145 Ma)
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- Epoca cronostratigrafica
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- termine formale valido
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The Early Cretaceous is the first geochronologic subepoch of the Cretaceous, starting with the Berriasian age (at the transition from the Late Jurassic subepoch) and ending with the Albian age (at the transition to the Late Cretaceous subepoch). It is subdivided in six ages (Berriasian, Valanginian, Hauterivian, Barremian, Aptian and Albian).
- Age
- Berriasiano
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Albian (~ 113.0 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the Aube region (France).
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- Piano cronostratigrafico
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- termine formale valido
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- <p>Latin: Alba</p>
- In breve
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Last stage of the Early Cretaceous.
- Age
- Albiano
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Vraconnien
- Name Origin
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La Vraconnaz = La Vraconne (VD), Saint-Croix
- Rango
- cronostratigrafia
- Statuto
- termine obsoleto (abbandonato)
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- <p>Vraconnin (Mayer-Eymar 1885) = Albien moyen à tardif >< Rhotomagin = Vraconnien !</p>
- In breve
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Local chronostratigraphic subdivision corresponding to the late Albian (and earliest Cenomanian).
- Age
- Albiano terminale
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Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE 1d)
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Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE 1c)
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- chemostratigrafia
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- valido
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- Oceanic anoxic event of the Late Albian.
- Age
- Albiano medio
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Paquier Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE 1b)
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- OAE
- Statuto
- valido
- In breve
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Oceanic anoxic event of the Early Albian.
- Age
- Spätestes Aptien
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Aptian (~ 121.4 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the town of Apt (Vaucluse, France).
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- Piano cronostratigrafico
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- termine formale valido
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Stage of the Early Cretaceous.
- Age
- Aptien
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Clansayésien
- Name Origin
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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
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Gargasian
- Name Origin
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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
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Bedoulian
- Name Origin
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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
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Selli level (OAE 1a)
- Name Origin
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Named after the Italian geologist Raimondo Selli (1916-1983).
- Rango
- OAE
- Statuto
- valido
- In breve
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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
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Barremian (~ 129.4 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the village of Barrême (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France).
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- Piano cronostratigrafico
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- termine formale valido
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... based on the Marno-calcaires de Barrême.
- Age
- Barrémien
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Hauterivian (~ 132.6 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the village of Hauterive (NE), NE Neuchâtel.
- Rango
- Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- Age
- Hauterivien
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Valanginian (~ 139.8 Ma)
- Name Origin
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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
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Second stage of the Early Cretaceous.
- Age
- Valanginien
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Berriasian (~ 145 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the village of Berrias (Ardèche, France).
- Rango
- Piano cronostratigrafico
- Statuto
- termine formale valido
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- <p>The Berriasella jacobi Zone was previously placed at the end of the Tithonian.</p>
- In breve
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First stage of the Cretaceous.
- Age
- Berriasiano