Hauterivian
System/ Period | Series/ Epoch | Stage/ Age | Age (Ma) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Paleogene | Paleocene | Danian | younger | |
Cretaceous | Upper/ Late | Maastrichtian | 66.0 | 72.1 |
Campanian | 72.1 | 83.6 | ||
Santonian | 83.6 | 86.3 | ||
Coniacian | 86.3 | 89.8 | ||
Turonian | 89.8 | 93.9 | ||
Cenomanian | 93.9 | 100.5 | ||
| Lower/ Early | Albian | 100.5 | ~113.0 | |
Aptian | ~113.0 | ~125.0 | ||
Barremian | ~125.0 | ~129.4 | ||
Hauterivian | ~129.4 | ~132.9 | ||
Valanginian | ~132.9 | ~139.8 | ||
Berriasian | ~139.8 | ~145.0 | ||
Jurassic | Upper/ Late | Tithonian | older | |
| Subdivision of the Cretaceous system according to the ICS, as of 2017.[1] | ||||
The Hauterivian is, in the geologic timescale, an age in the Early Cretaceous epoch or a stage in the Lower Cretaceous series. It spans the time between 132.9 ± 2 Ma and 129.4 ± 1.5 Ma (million years ago). The Hauterivian is preceded by the Valanginian and succeeded by the Barremian.[2]
Contents
1 Stratigraphic definitions
2 Palaeontology
2.1 Birds (avian theropods)
2.2 †Ornithischians
2.3 Mammalia (mammals)
2.4 †Plesiosaurs
2.5 †Pterosauria
2.6 †Sauropods
2.7 †Theropods (non-avian)
2.8 †Ammonites
3 References
3.1 Notes
3.2 Literature
4 External links
Stratigraphic definitions
The Hauterivian was introduced in scientific literature by Swiss geologist Eugène Renevier in 1873. It is named after the Swiss town of Hauterive at the shore of Lake Neuchâtel.
The base of the Hauterivian is defined as the place in the stratigraphic column where the ammonite genus Acanthodiscus first appears. A reference profile for the base (a GSSP) had in 2009 not yet been established. The top of the Hauterivian (the base of the Barremian) is at the first appearance of ammonite species Spitidiscus hugii.
In the ammonite biostratigraphy of the Tethys domain, the Hauterivian contains seven ammonite biozones:
- zone of Pseudothurmannia ohmi
- zone of Balearites balearis
- zone of Plesiospitidiscus ligatus
- zone of Subsaynella sayni
- zone of Lyticoceras nodosoplicatus
- zone of Crioceratites loryi
- zone of Acanthodiscus radiatus
Palaeontology
Birds (avian theropods)
Birds of the Hauterivian | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxa | Presence | Location | Description | Images |
| Disputed Berriasian-Hauterivian | Auxerre, Yonne, France |  Iberomesornis | |
| Hauterivian to Barremian | La Huérgina Formation, Castilla-la-Mancha, Spain | ||
†Ornithischians
Ornithischians of the Hauterivian | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxa | Presence | Location | Description | Images |
|  Psittacosaurus  Valdosaurus | |||
| Isle of Wight, England | A dryosaurid | ||
Mammalia (mammals)
Mammals of the Hauterivian | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxa | Presence | Location | Description | Images |
| several species from Hauterivian to Albian | Spain, Mongolia | ||
†Plesiosaurs
Plesiosaurs of the Hauterivian | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxa | Presence | Location | Description | Images |
|  Leptocleidus | |||
†Pterosauria
Pterosaurs of the Hauterivian | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxa | Presence | Location | Description | Images |
| Berriasian-Albian | UK | ||
| Disputed, considered Tithonian by some | |||
†Sauropods
Sauropods of the Hauterivian | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxa | Presence | Location | Description | Images |
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†Theropods (non-avian)
| Non-Avian Theropods of the Hauterivian | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxa | Presence | Location | Description | Images |
| Hauterivian to Barremian | Shinekhudug Formation, Eastern Gobi province, Mongolia |  Harpymimus | |
| Valanginian to Hauterivian | Thailand | ||
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| Berriasian to Barremian | Sao Khua Formation, Thailand | ||
†Ammonites
Ammonites of the Hauterivian | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxa | Presence | Location | Description | Images |
| Czech Republic | |||
| Argentina | |||
References
Notes
^ http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
^ See Gradstein et al. (2004) for a detailed geologic timescale
Literature
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Gradstein, F.M.; Ogg, J.G. & Smith, A.G.; (2004): A Geologic Time Scale 2004, Cambridge University Press.
External links
- GeoWhen Database - Hauterivian
Mid-Cretaceous timescale, at the website of the subcommission for stratigraphic information of the ICS
Stratigraphic chart of the Lower Cretaceous, at the website of Norges Network of offshore records of geology and stratigraphy- Hauterivian Microfossils: 25+ images of Foraminifera
