Back Callovium AF الكالوفي Arabic Callovianu AST Cal·lovià Catalan Callovium German Calloviense Spanish Calloviar EU کالووین FA Callovien French Caloviano GL
| Callovian | |||||||||
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| Etymology | |||||||||
| Name formality | Formal | ||||||||
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| Celestial body | Earth | ||||||||
| Regional usage | Global (ICS) | ||||||||
| Time scale(s) used | ICS Time Scale | ||||||||
| Definition | |||||||||
| Chronological unit | Age | ||||||||
| Stratigraphic unit | Stage | ||||||||
| Time span formality | Formal | ||||||||
| Lower boundary definition | FAD of the Ammonite genus Kepplerites | ||||||||
| Lower boundary GSSP candidate section(s) | |||||||||
| Upper boundary definition | FAD of ammonite species Brightia thuouxensis | ||||||||
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In the geologic timescale, the Callovian is an age and stage in the Middle Jurassic, lasting between 165.3 ± 1.1 Ma (million years ago) and 161.5 ± 1.0 Ma.[2] It is the last stage of the Middle Jurassic, following the Bathonian and preceding the Oxfordian.[3]
- ^ "International Chronostratigraphic Chart" (PDF). International Commission on Stratigraphy. September 2023. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
- ^ "International Commission on Stratigraphy". stratigraphy.org. Retrieved 2023-02-20.
- ^ See for a detailed geologic timescale Gradstein et al. (2004)