Bartonian
Sign in to saveThe Bartonian is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy's (ICS) geologic time scale, a stage or age in the middle of the Eocene Epoch or Series. The Bartonian Age spans the time between . It is preceded by the Lutetian and is followed by the Priabonian Age.
Key facts
- Geologic timespan.name
- Bartonian
- Geologic timespan.color
- Bartonian
- Geologic timespan.time_start
- 41.03
- Geologic timespan.time_end
- 37.71
- Geologic timespan.timeline
- Paleogene
- Geologic timespan.formerly_part_of
- Tertiary Period/System
- Geologic timespan.name_formality
- Formal
- Geologic timespan.celestial_body
- earth
- Geologic timespan.usage
- Global (ICS)
- Geologic timespan.timescales_used
- ICS Time Scale
- Geologic timespan.chrono_unit
- Age
- Geologic timespan.strat_unit
- Stage
- Geologic timespan.timespan_formality
- Formal
- Geologic timespan.lower_boundary_def
- Not formally defined
- Geologic timespan.lower_def_candidates
- Calcareous nannofossil near LAD of the Haptophyte Reticulofenestra reticulata
- Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_candidates
- Contessa highway section, Gubbio, Central Apennines, Italy
- Geologic timespan.upper_boundary_def
- LAD of the large acarininids and the Foraminiferan Morozovelloides crassatus
- Geologic timespan.upper_gssp_location
- Alano section, Piave river, Venetian Prealps, Belluno, Italy
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- Bartonian
- sRGB color hex triplet
- FEC498
- start time
- 41200000-0
- end time
- 37800000-0
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The Bartonian is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy's (ICS) geologic time scale, a stage or age in the middle of the Eocene Epoch or Series. The Bartonian Age spans the time between . It is preceded by the Lutetian and is followed by the Priabonian Age.
==Stratigraphic definition== The Bartonian Stage was introduced by Swiss stratigrapher Karl Mayer-Eymar in 1857. The name derives from the Barton Group, a lithostratigraphic unit from the south English Hampshire Basin, which in turn derived its name from the local coastal village Barton-on-Sea (part of New Milton) in southern England. The distinction between group and stage was made in the second part of the 20th century, when stratigraphers saw the need to distinguish between litho- and chronostratigraphy.
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