Hettangian stage

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The Hettangian stage is the earliest age of the Jurassic Period, marking the beginning of the Mesozoic era’s Jurassic system in the geologic time scale.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Hettangian 2
Hettangian Stage 2
Hettangian stage canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chronostratigraphic stage
geologic age
associatedWith post–Triassic–Jurassic extinction recovery
belongsToEon Phanerozoic eon
linked to: Phanerozoic Eon
belongsToEra Mesozoic era
linked to: Mesozoic Era
chronology International Commission on Stratigraphy timescale
commonFossils ammonites
bivalves
marine reptiles
earliestAgeOf Jurassic period
linked to: Jurassic Period
environment predominantly marine
follows Rhaetian stage
linked to: Rhaetian Stage

Triassic period
lithostratigraphicUsage Lower Jurassic formations worldwide
lowerBoundaryDefinedBy firstAppearanceOfPsiloceras spelae group
firstAppearanceOfPsiloceras spelae tirolicum
lowerGSSPCountry Austria
lowerGSSPLocation Karwendel Mountains
linked to: Karwendel

Kuhjoch section
lowerGSSPYearRatified 2010
marks Triassic–Jurassic boundary
namedAfter Hettange-Grande
Hettange-Grande, France
partOf Early Jurassic epoch
linked to: Early Jurassic

Jurassic period
linked to: Jurassic Period

Lower Jurassic series
linked to: Early Jurassic

Mesozoic era
linked to: Mesozoic Era
precedes Sinemurian stage
linked to: Pliensbachian
rank age
stage
standardAbbreviation Het
startOf Early Jurassic epoch
Jurassic period
linked to: Jurassic Period

Lower Jurassic series
linked to: Early Jurassic
system Jurassic system
linked to: Jurassic Period
timeEndMa 199.3
timeEndUncertaintyMa 0.3
timeScaleColor light blue (Jurassic standard color)
timeStartMa 201.3
timeStartUncertaintyMa 0.2
upperBoundaryDefinedBy firstAppearanceOfVermiceras domeykanum
firstAppearanceOfVermiceras quantoxense
usedIn geologic time scale
historical geology
paleontology
stratigraphy

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hettange-Grande givesNameTo Hettangian stage
Hettange-Grande geologicalStageNamedAfter Hettangian
linked to: Hettangian stage
Late Triassic followedBy Hettangian
linked to: Hettangian stage
Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point for base of Hettangian marksBaseOf Hettangian Stage
linked to: Hettangian stage
Hettange-Grande Formation chronostratigraphicUnit Hettangian Stage
linked to: Hettangian stage