Kimmeridgian, the Glossary
In the geologic timescale, the Kimmeridgian is an age in the Late Jurassic Epoch and a stage in the Upper Jurassic Series.[1]
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43 relations: Alcide d'Orbigny, Ammonoidea, Aspidoceras, Ataxioceras, Aulacostephanus, Biozone, Cambridge University Press, Canjuers, Chronozone, Dorset, England, First appearance datum, Flodigarry, France, Geologic time scale, Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point, Gravesia (ammonite), Idoceras, International Commission on Stratigraphy, Isle of Skye, Italy, Kimmeridge, Kimmeridge Clay, Late Jurassic, Magnetostratigraphy, North Sea, Oxfordian (stage), Petroleum, Pictonia, Portland Group (geology), Scotland, Series (stratigraphy), Sicily, Staffin, Stage (stratigraphy), Stratigraphic column, Stratigraphy, Sutneria, Tethys Ocean, Tithonian, Type locality (geology), United Kingdom, Year.
- Late Jurassic
Alcide d'Orbigny
Alcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny (6 September 1802 – 30 June 1857) was a French naturalist who made major contributions in many areas, including zoology (including malacology), palaeontology, geology, archaeology and anthropology.
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Ammonoidea
Ammonoids are extinct spiral shelled cephalopods comprising the subclass Ammonoidea.
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Aspidoceras
Aspidoceras is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the family Aspidoceratidae.
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Ataxioceras
Ataxioceras is an extinct Ammonite cephalopod genus confined to the Upper Jurassic of Europe, included in the superfamily Perisphinctoidea.
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Aulacostephanus
Aulacostephanus is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus from the Upper Jurassic Tithonian belonging to the perisphinctoidean family Aulacostephanidae.
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Biozone
In biostratigraphy, biostratigraphic units or biozones are intervals of geological strata that are defined on the basis of their characteristic fossil taxa, as opposed to a lithostratigraphic unit which is defined by the lithological properties of the surrounding rock.
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.
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Canjuers
Canjuers is a calcareous plateau and a military camp in Provence located in southeastern France.
Chronozone
A chronozone or chron is a unit in chronostratigraphy, defined by events such as geomagnetic reversals (magnetozones), or based on the presence of specific fossils (biozone or biochronozone).
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Dorset
Dorset (archaically: Dorsetshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
First appearance datum
First appearance datum (FAD) is a term used by geologists and paleontologists to designate the first appearance of a species in the geologic record.
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Flodigarry
Flodigarry (Flòdaigearraidh) is a scattered settlement on the north east side of the Trotternish peninsula on the island of Skye, and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
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France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
Geologic time scale
The geologic time scale or geological time scale (GTS) is a representation of time based on the rock record of Earth.
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Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point
A Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP), sometimes referred to as a golden spike, is an internationally agreed upon reference point on a stratigraphic section which defines the lower boundary of a stage on the geologic time scale.
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Gravesia (ammonite)
Gravesia is an extinct genus of ammonite known from the Upper Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian stages) of Europe.
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Idoceras
Idoceras is a genus of perisphictacean ammonite, belonging to the Perisphinctidae subfamily Idoceratinae.
International Commission on Stratigraphy
The International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS), sometimes unofficially referred to as the "International Stratigraphic Commission", is a daughter or major subcommittee grade scientific daughter organization that concerns itself with stratigraphical, geological, and geochronological matters on a global scale.
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Isle of Skye
The Isle of Skye, or simply Skye (An t-Eilean Sgitheanach or Eilean a' Cheò), is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.
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Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.
Kimmeridge
Kimmeridge is a small village and civil parish on the Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula on the English Channel coast in Dorset, England.
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Kimmeridge Clay
The Kimmeridge Clay is a sedimentary deposit of fossiliferous marine clay which is of Late Jurassic to lowermost Cretaceous age and occurs in southern and eastern England and in the North Sea.
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Late Jurassic
The Late Jurassic is the third epoch of the Jurassic Period, and it spans the geologic time from 161.5 ± 1.0 to 145.0 ± 0.8 million years ago (Ma), which is preserved in Upper Jurassic strata.
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Magnetostratigraphy
Magnetostratigraphy is a geophysical correlation technique used to date sedimentary and volcanic sequences.
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North Sea
The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France.
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Oxfordian (stage)
The Oxfordian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, the earliest age of the Late Jurassic Epoch, or the lowest stage of the Upper Jurassic Series. Kimmeridgian and Oxfordian (stage) are geological ages and late Jurassic.
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Petroleum
Petroleum or crude oil, also referred to as simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations.
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Pictonia
Pictonia is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the family Aulacostephanidae.
Portland Group (geology)
The Portland Group (defining the Portlandian) is a Late Jurassic (Tithonian) lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) in South East England.
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Scotland
Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
Series (stratigraphy)
Series are subdivisions of rock layers based on the age of the rock and formally defined by international conventions of the geological timescale.
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Sicily
Sicily (Sicilia,; Sicilia,, officially Regione Siciliana) is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy.
Staffin
Staffin (Stafain) is a district with the Gaelic name An Taobh Sear, which translates as "the East Side", on the northeast coast of the Trotternish peninsula of the island of Skye.
Stage (stratigraphy)
In chronostratigraphy, a stage is a succession of rock strata laid down in a single age on the geologic timescale, which usually represents millions of years of deposition. Kimmeridgian and stage (stratigraphy) are geological ages.
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Stratigraphic column
A stratigraphic column is a representation used in geology and its subfield of stratigraphy to describe the vertical location of rock units in a particular area.
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Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy is a branch of geology concerned with the study of rock layers (strata) and layering (stratification).
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Sutneria
Sutneria is a genus of small ammonites from the Upper Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) of Europe (Germany).
Tethys Ocean
The Tethys Ocean (Τηθύς), also called the Tethys Sea or the Neo-Tethys, was a prehistoric ocean during much of the Mesozoic Era and early-mid Cenozoic Era.
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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. Kimmeridgian and Tithonian are geological ages and late Jurassic.
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Type locality (geology)
Type locality, also called type area, is the locality where a particular rock type, stratigraphic unit or mineral species is first identified.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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Year
A year is the time taken for astronomical objects to complete one orbit.
See also
Late Jurassic
- Kimmeridgian
- Late Jurassic
- Oxfordian (stage)
- Tithonian
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimmeridgian
Also known as Kimeridgian, Kimmeridgean, Kimmeridgian Age, Kimmeridgian stage.