Pliensbachian

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Early Jurassic stage chronostratigraphic stage geologic time interval

The Pliensbachian is a stage of the Early Jurassic period characterized by distinctive marine faunas and important ammonite biostratigraphy.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Pliensbachian canonical 2
Pliensbach 1
Pliensbachian Age 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Early Jurassic stage ⓘ
chronostratigraphic stage ⓘ
geologic time interval ⓘ
biozonationBasedOn ammonite assemblages ⓘ
characterizedBy abundant ammonites ⓘ
distinctive marine faunas ⓘ
important ammonite zonation ⓘ
chronEquivalent Pliensbachian self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pliensbachian Age
climate generally temperate to warm marine conditions ⓘ
contains Davoei Zone ⓘ
Ibex Zone ⓘ
Jamesoni Zone ⓘ
Margaritatus Zone ⓘ
Spinatum Zone ⓘ
correlatesWith regional stages in Europe ⓘ
regional stages in North Africa ⓘ
regional stages in North America ⓘ
environmentDominant open marine shelf settings ⓘ
follows Sinemurian ⓘ
GSSPDefinedBy first appearance of ammonite Apoderoceras ⓘ
first appearance of ammonite Bifericeras donovani ⓘ
GSSPLocation Robin Hood's Bay ⓘ
surface form: Wine Haven, Robin Hood’s Bay, Yorkshire, England
importantFossilGroup ammonites ⓘ
bivalves ⓘ
brachiopods ⓘ
marine reptiles ⓘ
lithologyTypical limestones ⓘ
marine shales ⓘ
siltstones ⓘ
namedAfter Pliensbachian self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pliensbach
namedFor Pliensbach village in Germany ⓘ
paleogeography dominance of epicontinental seas ⓘ
partOf Early Jurassic ⓘ
Jurassic ⓘ
positionInJurassic third stage of the Early Jurassic ⓘ
precedes Toarcian ⓘ
rank stage ⓘ
standardizedBy International Commission on Stratigraphy ⓘ
stratigraphicUsage global chronostratigraphic standard ⓘ
subdivisionOf Early Jurassic ⓘ
surface form: Lower Jurassic Series
timeEnd around 182.7 million years ago ⓘ
timeScale Mesozoic Era ⓘ
surface form: Mesozoic

Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
timeStart around 190.8 million years ago ⓘ
usedFor global marine correlation ⓘ
refining Early Jurassic timescale ⓘ
usedIn ammonite biostratigraphy ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Early Jurassic → contains → Pliensbachian ⓘ
Tetanurae → timeOfFirstAppearance → Pliensbachian ⓘ
Pliensbachian → namedAfter → Pliensbachian self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pliensbach
Pliensbachian → chronEquivalent → Pliensbachian self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pliensbachian Age
Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event → precededBy → Pliensbachian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pliensbachian–Toarcian boundary
Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point for base of Hettangian → precedes → Pliensbachian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sinemurian Stage
Dilophosaurus → livedDuring → Pliensbachian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sinemurian age
Dilophosaurus → livedDuring → Pliensbachian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pliensbachian age
Hettangian stage → precedes → Pliensbachian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sinemurian stage