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Tithonian

In the geological timescale, the Tithonian is the latest age of the Late Jurassic Epoch and the uppermost stage of the Upper Jurassic Series. It spans the time between 149.2 ±0.7 Ma and 143.1 ±0.6 (million years ago). It is preceded by the Kimmeridgian and followed by the Berriasian (part of the Cretaceous).

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Celestial body
Earth
Chronological unit
Age
Lower boundary definition
Not formally defined
Lower boundary definition candidates
Base of magnetic polarity chronozone M22An. · FAD of the Ammonite genus Gravesia
Lower boundary GSSP candidate section(s)
Mount Crussol, France · Canjuers, France · Fornazzo, Sicily, Italy
Name formality
Formal

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Sedimentary environments

Tithonian extinction

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Tithonian

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Avg. degree1.98
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Tithonian

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related to Stratigraphic definitions · 13
Tithonian → Albert Oppel, Cretaceous, Eos, German, Greek, GSSP, His, Hybonoticeras, Laomedon, The, The Tithonian, Tithonus, Troy
has impact · 12
Tithonian → Bambach, Based, Benton, Cretaceous, He, In, Jack Sepkoski, Late Tithonian, Proportional, Sepkoski, Sepkoski's, Triassic
related to Tithonian extinction · 11
Tithonian → Cambrian, Early Jurassic, It, Jurassic, Jurassic Period, Jurassic-Cretaceous, Nevertheless, The, This, TOAE, Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event
related to Subdivision · 8
Tithonian → British, Lower/Early, Middle, Portlandian Age, Tethys, The Late Tithonian, The Tithonian, Upper/Late
related to External links · 5
Tithonian → GeoWhen Database, ICSStratigraphic, Norges Network, TithonianJurassic-Cretaceous, Upper Jurassic
related to Sedimentary environments · 5
Tithonian → Archaeopteryx, Germany, Sedimentary, Tethys Ocean, The Solnhofen
Lower boundary GSSP candidate section(s) · 3
Tithonian → Canjuers, France, Fornazzo, Sicily, Italy, Mount Crussol, France
Upper boundary definition candidates · 3
Tithonian → Base of Calpionellid zone B, FAD of Ammonite Berriasella jacobi, Magnetic—base of Chron M18r
Lower boundary definition candidates · 2
Tithonian → Base of magnetic polarity chronozone M22An., FAD of the Ammonite genus Gravesia
Celestial body · 1
Tithonian → Earth

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extinction cretaceous jurassic stage late marine early boundary diversity may event base sea time years ago ics age extinctions across

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TithonianCelestial bodyEarth1.00infobox
TithonianChronological unitAge1.00infobox
TithonianLower boundary definitionNot formally defined1.00infobox
TithonianLower boundary definition candidatesBase of magnetic polarity chronozone M22An.1.00infobox
TithonianLower boundary definition candidatesFAD of the Ammonite genus Gravesia1.00infobox
TithonianLower boundary GSSP candidate section(s)Mount Crussol, France1.00infobox
TithonianLower boundary GSSP candidate section(s)Canjuers, France1.00infobox
TithonianLower boundary GSSP candidate section(s)Fornazzo, Sicily, Italy1.00infobox
TithonianName formalityFormal1.00infobox
TithonianRegional usageGlobal (ICS)1.00infobox
TithonianStratigraphic unitStage1.00infobox
TithonianTime scale(s) usedICS Time Scale1.00infobox
TithonianTime span formalityFormal1.00infobox
TithonianUpper boundary definitionNot formally defined1.00infobox
TithonianUpper boundary definition candidatesMagnetic—base of Chron M18r1.00infobox
TithonianUpper boundary definition candidatesBase of Calpionellid zone B1.00infobox
TithonianUpper boundary definition candidatesFAD of Ammonite Berriasella jacobi1.00infobox
TithonianUpper boundary GSSP candidate section(s)None1.00infobox
Tithonianis alatest age of the Late Jurassic Epoch and the uppermost stage of the Upper Jurassic Series0.90text

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