Hettangian

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Hettangian

Etymology

From French Hettange, now Hettange-Grande, a commune in northeastern France, (German Hettingen, Luxembourgish (Lorraine Franconian) Hetténgen).

Proper noun

Hettangian

(geology, paleontology) The earliest age of the Jurassic period, from 199.3–201.3Ma
The corresponding lowest stage of the Jurassic system, marked by the lowest strata in which the neoammonite genus Psiloceras appears.

Translations

age/stage of the Jurassic period/system

Catalan: Hettangià
Dutch: Hettangien
French: Hettangien (fr)
German: Hettangium
Hungarian: Hettangi
Italian: Hettangiano
Polish: hettang m inan
Spanish: Hettangiense

See also

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