Hettangian stage

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:geographical_feature
gptkbp:associated_with Pangaea breakup
gptkbp:characterized_by marine transgression
gptkbp:climate warm and humid
gptkbp:duration approximately 4 million years
gptkbp:ended 197.3 million years ago
gptkbp:follows Rhaetian stage
gptkbp:fossil_record gptkb:Brachiopods
gptkb:Ammonites
Dinosaur tracks
Bivalves
gptkbp:geological_features Jurassic
sedimentary rocks
gptkbp:geological_time_scale part of the Mesozoic era
earliest Jurassic stage
part of the Jurassic system
gptkbp:historical_significance first recognized in 19th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hettangian stage
gptkbp:named_after Hettange-Grande
gptkbp:neighboring_city Hettange-Grande, France
gptkbp:paleobiology gptkb:ichthyosaurs
gptkb:saurischian_dinosaurs
gptkb:plesiosaurs
seasonal rainfall
diverse marine life
tectonic activity
ferns
continental drift
conifers
cycads
plant fossils
gymnosperms
landmasses
tropical conditions
fish fossils
invertebrate fossils
ornithischian dinosaurs
early reptiles
early mammals
early angiosperms
early flowering plants
ginkgoes
shallow seas
oceanic basins
early dinosaurs
ammonoid cephalopods
early conifers
early cycads
early ferns
early ginkgoes
gptkbp:part_of Early Jurassic
gptkbp:precedes Sinemurian stage
gptkbp:significance first stage of the Jurassic period
gptkbp:started_in 201.3 million years ago
gptkbp:stratigraphy Hettangian deposits
Hettangian formations
Hettangian layers
Hettangian sequences
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Massospondylus
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6