Lutetian

The Lutetian is, in the geologic timescale, a stage or age in the Eocene. It spans the time between . The Lutetian is preceded by the Ypresian and is followed by the Bartonian. Together with the Bartonian it is sometimes referred to as the Middle Eocene Subepoch.

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Geologic timespan.name: Lutetian
Geologic timespan.color: Lutetian
Geologic timespan.time_start: 48.07
Geologic timespan.time_end: 41.03
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: FAD of the calcareous nannofossil Blackites inflatus
Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_location: Gorrondatxe section, Western Pyrenees, Basque Country, Spain
Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_accept_date: April 2011
Geologic timespan.upper_boundary_def: Not formally defined
Geologic timespan.upper_def_candidates: Calcareous nannofossil near LAD of the Haptophyte Reticulofenestra reticulata

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==Stratigraphic definition== The Lutetian was named after Lutetia, the Latin name for the city of Paris. The Lutetian Stage was introduced in scientific literature by French geologist Albert de Lapparent in 1883 and revised by A. Blondeau in 1981.

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