Callovian
Also known as Callovian Stage, Callovian Age
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. It is the last stage of the Middle Jurassic, following the Bathonian and preceding the Oxfordian.
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- Callovian
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- 165.3
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- 1.1
- Geologic timespan.time_end
- 161.5
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- 1.0
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- Jurassic
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- Formal
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- earth
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- Global (ICS)
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- ICS Time Scale
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- Age
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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. It is the last stage of the Middle Jurassic, following the Bathonian and preceding the Oxfordian.
==Stratigraphic definitions== The Callovian Stage was first described by French palaeontologist Alcide d'Orbigny in 1852. Its name derives from the Latinized name for Kellaways Bridge, a small hamlet 3 km north-east of Chippenham, Wiltshire, England.