Dinantian
Sign in to saveThe Dinantian is a series or epoch from the Lower Carboniferous system in western Europe between 359.2 and 326.4 million years ago. It can stand for a series of rocks in Europe or the time span in which they were deposited.
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- Instance of
- epoch
- Part of
- Carboniferous
- Has part
- Tournaisian
- Named after
- Dinant
- Followed by
- Silesian
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- start time
- 358900000-
- end time
- 330900000-
- partially coincident with
- Mississippian
- different from
- Dinant
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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The Dinantian is a series or epoch from the Lower Carboniferous system in western Europe between 359.2 and 326.4 million years ago. It can stand for a series of rocks in Europe or the time span in which they were deposited.
The Dinantian is equal to the lower part of the Mississippian series in the international geologic timescale of the ICS. The Dinantian is named for the Belgian city of Dinant where strata of this age occur. The name is still used among European geologists.
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