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Also known as Barremian Stage, Barremian Age

The Barremian is an age in the geologic timescale (or a chronostratigraphic stage) between 125.77 Ma (million years ago) and 121.4 ± 0.6 Ma (Historically, this stage was placed at 129.4 million to approximately 125 million years ago). It is a subdivision of the Early Cretaceous Epoch (or Lower Cretaceous Series). It is preceded by the Hauterivian and followed by the Aptian Stage.

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Barremian
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Barremian
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125.77
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121.4
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0.6
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Barremian sedimentary rock layers, France
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Cretaceous
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Formal
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earth
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Global (ICS)
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ICS Time Scale
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Age
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Stage
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Formal
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Not formally defined
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FAD of the Spitidiscus hugii-Spitidiscus vandeckii Ammonite group
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Río Argos, Caravaca de la Cruz, Murcia Province, Spain

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The Barremian is an age in the geologic timescale (or a chronostratigraphic stage) between 125.77 Ma (million years ago) and 121.4 ± 0.6 Ma (Historically, this stage was placed at 129.4 million to approximately 125 million years ago). It is a subdivision of the Early Cretaceous Epoch (or Lower Cretaceous Series). It is preceded by the Hauterivian and followed by the Aptian Stage.

==Stratigraphic definitions== The original type locality for the Barremian Stage is in the vicinity of the village of Barrême, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France. Henri Coquand defined the stage and named it in 1873.

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