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Record 1 2011-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Petrography
  • Chronology
DEF

A stage of the Lower Jurassic, between Pliensbachian and Bajocian.

OBS

European stage: Lower Jurassic (above Pliensbachian, below Bajocian).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Pétrographie
  • Chronologie
DEF

Étage du Jurassique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geología
  • Petrografía
  • Cronología
DEF

Piso del lías, que sigue al pliensbachiense y precede al aalense, lo cual permite atribuirle unos 168 millones de años.

OBS

Viene su nombre de Thouars, ciudad de Francia.

OBS

Pese a que la fuente citada escribe los nombres de los períodos geológicos con minúscula, el Diccionario de dudas de la Real Academia Española señala que tales sustantivos deben escribirse con mayúscula.

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