Pliensbachian
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The Pliensbachian is an age of the geologic timescale and stage in the stratigraphic column. It is part of the Early or Lower Jurassic Epoch or Series and spans the time between 192.9 ±0.3 Ma and 184.2 ±0.3 Ma (million years ago). The Pliensbachian is preceded by the Sinemurian and followed by the Toarcian.
Key facts
- Geologic timespan.name
- Pliensbachian
- Geologic timespan.color
- Pliensbachian
- Geologic timespan.time_start
- 192.9
- Geologic timespan.time_start_uncertainty
- 0.3
- Geologic timespan.time_end
- 184.2
- Geologic timespan.time_end_uncertainty
- 0.3
- Geologic timespan.timeline
- Jurassic
- 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 Ammonite species Bifericeras donovani and genus Apoderoceras
- Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_location
- Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_accept_date
- March 2005
- Geologic timespan.upper_boundary_def
- Peniche, Portugal
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Stratigraphic definitions
- Biostratigraphy
- References
- Notes
- Literature
- External links
The Pliensbachian is an age of the geologic timescale and stage in the stratigraphic column. It is part of the Early or Lower Jurassic Epoch or Series and spans the time between 192.9 ±0.3 Ma and 184.2 ±0.3 Ma (million years ago). The Pliensbachian is preceded by the Sinemurian and followed by the Toarcian.
The Pliensbachian ended with the extinction event called the Toarcian turnover. During the Pliensbachian, the middle part of the Lias was deposited in Europe. The Pliensbachian is roughly coeval with the Charmouthian regional stage of North America.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pliensbachian” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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