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 (4)

Label Occurrences
Hettangian Stage 3
Hettangian 2
Hettangian age 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 (7)

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
Rhaetian age → precedes → Hettangian age ⓘ
linked to: Hettangian stage
Rhaetian Stage → precedes → Hettangian Stage ⓘ
linked to: Hettangian stage