Hettangian

English

Etymology

From French Hettange, now Hettange-Grande, a commune in northeastern France, (German Hettingen, Luxembourgish (Lorraine Franconian) Hetténgen).

Proper noun

Hettangian

1. (geology, paleontology) The earliest age of the Jurassic period, from 199.3–201.3Ma
2. The corresponding lowest stage of the Jurassic system, marked by the lowest strata in which the neoammonite genus Psiloceras appears.

Translations

age/stage of the Jurassic period/system

• Catalan: Hettangià
• Dutch: Hettangien
• French: Hettangien (fr)
• German: Hettangium
• Hungarian: Hettangi
• Italian: Hettangiano
• Polish: hettang m inan
• Spanish: Hettangiense

See also

• Schlotheimia angulata
• Alsatites liasicus
• Psiloceras planorbis