Bathonian
E862065
The Bathonian is a Middle Jurassic age and stage in the geologic timescale, known for widespread marine sedimentation and diverse fossil assemblages across Europe and beyond.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bathonian canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10411525 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bathonian Context triple: [Caen stone, geologicalAge, Bathonian]
-
A.
Terreneuvian
The Terreneuvian is the earliest age of the Cambrian Period, marking the beginning of the Phanerozoic Eon and the widespread appearance of complex animal life in the fossil record.
-
B.
Carnian age
The Carnian age is an interval of the Late Triassic marked by significant climatic shifts and biotic changes, including early diversification of dinosaurs and other reptiles.
-
C.
Ludfordian Age
The Ludfordian Age is a late Silurian time interval characterized by significant marine biodiversity changes and notable graptolite and conodont fossil assemblages.
-
D.
Rhaetian Stage
The Rhaetian Stage is the final stage of the Late Triassic period, marked by significant marine extinctions and preceding the Triassic–Jurassic boundary.
-
E.
Lochkovian Epoch
The Lochkovian Epoch is the earliest subdivision of the Devonian Period, marking a time of significant diversification in early fish and terrestrial ecosystems.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bathonian Target entity description: The Bathonian is a Middle Jurassic age and stage in the geologic timescale, known for widespread marine sedimentation and diverse fossil assemblages across Europe and beyond.
-
A.
Terreneuvian
The Terreneuvian is the earliest age of the Cambrian Period, marking the beginning of the Phanerozoic Eon and the widespread appearance of complex animal life in the fossil record.
-
B.
Carnian age
The Carnian age is an interval of the Late Triassic marked by significant climatic shifts and biotic changes, including early diversification of dinosaurs and other reptiles.
-
C.
Ludfordian Age
The Ludfordian Age is a late Silurian time interval characterized by significant marine biodiversity changes and notable graptolite and conodont fossil assemblages.
-
D.
Rhaetian Stage
The Rhaetian Stage is the final stage of the Late Triassic period, marked by significant marine extinctions and preceding the Triassic–Jurassic boundary.
-
E.
Lochkovian Epoch
The Lochkovian Epoch is the earliest subdivision of the Devonian Period, marking a time of significant diversification in early fish and terrestrial ecosystems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | geologic age ⓘ |
| ammoniteBiozonation | subdivided into several standard ammonite zones ⓘ |
| chronostratigraphicRank | stage ⓘ |
| climate | generally warm greenhouse conditions ⓘ |
| commonFossils |
ammonites
ⓘ
bivalves ⓘ brachiopods ⓘ echinoderms ⓘ marine reptiles ⓘ microfossils ⓘ |
| correlatesWith |
regional stages in the Boreal realm
ⓘ
regional stages in the Tethyan realm ⓘ |
| follows | Aalenian ⓘ |
| geochronologicRank | age ⓘ |
| globalDistribution |
East Asia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ India ⓘ Madagascar ⓘ Middle East ⓘ North Africa ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| GSSPBaseDefinedBy | first appearance of ammonite Gonolkites convergens ⓘ |
| GSSPBaseLocation | Ravin du Bès, Bas-Auran, southeastern France ⓘ |
| GSSPStatus | Global boundary stratotype section and point defined for base of Bathonian ⓘ |
| knownFor |
diverse marine fossil assemblages
ⓘ
widespread marine sedimentation ⓘ |
| lithostratigraphicCharacter | dominantly marine sediments ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Bath, England
ⓘ
linked to:
Bath, Somerset, England
|
| namedBy |
Alcide d’Orbigny
ⓘ
linked to:
d’Orbigny
|
| namedInYear | 1850 ⓘ |
| paleoenvironment |
carbonate platforms in many regions
ⓘ
dominantly shallow-marine shelf settings ⓘ |
| paleogeography | widespread shallow epicontinental seas in Europe ⓘ |
| partOf |
Jurassic period
ⓘ
linked to:
Jurassic Period
Mesozoic era ⓘ Middle Jurassic ⓘ |
| positionInJurassic | third stage of the Middle Jurassic ⓘ |
| precedes | Callovian ⓘ |
| seaLevel | relatively high global sea level ⓘ |
| stratigraphicPosition | middle stage of the Middle Jurassic ⓘ |
| timeEnd | about 166.1 million years ago ⓘ |
| timeStart | about 168.3 million years ago ⓘ |
| typicalDeposits |
clays
ⓘ
limestones ⓘ marls ⓘ |
| usedFor | biostratigraphic correlation in the Jurassic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Bathonian Description of subject: The Bathonian is a Middle Jurassic age and stage in the geologic timescale, known for widespread marine sedimentation and diverse fossil assemblages across Europe and beyond.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.