Bajocian
In the geologic timescale, the Bajocian is an age and stage in the Middle Jurassic. It lasted from approximately 170.9 ±0.8 Ma to around 168.2 ±1.2 Ma (million years ago). The Bajocian Age succeeds the Aalenian Age and precedes the Bathonian Age.
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| Name formality | Formal | ||||||||
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| Celestial body | Earth | ||||||||
| Regional usage | Global (ICS) | ||||||||
| Time scale(s) used | ICS Time Scale | ||||||||
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| Chronological unit | Age | ||||||||
| Stratigraphic unit | Stage | ||||||||
| Time span formality | Formal | ||||||||
| Lower boundary definition | FAD of the Ammonites Hyperlioceras mundum, Hyperlioceras furcatum, Braunsina aspera, and Braunsina elegantula | ||||||||
| Lower boundary GSSP | Cabo Mondego, Portugal 40.1992°N 8.9042°W | ||||||||
| Lower GSSP ratified | 1996 | ||||||||
| Upper boundary definition | FAD of the Ammonite Gonolkites convergen | ||||||||
| Upper boundary GSSP | Ravin du Bès, Bas-Auran, Alpes de Haute, France 43.9606°N 6.3153°E | ||||||||
| Upper GSSP ratified | July 2008 | ||||||||
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