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Kawhia epoch
General information
Lower boundary: equal to 175.6 Ma (
see scale
)
Upper boundary: equal to 148.5 Ma (
see scale
)
Continent: New Zealand
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See map of collections within this interval
Key correlations
Period:
Jurassic
Contained within
Jurassic
Mesozoic
Sherman
Phanerozoic
Previous intervals
Early/Lower Jurassic
Toarcian
Late/Upper Toarcian
Middle Toarcian
Yakounensis
Hillebrandti
Crassicosta
Levesquei
Thouarsense
Variabilis
Bifrons
Herangi
Ururoan
Next intervals
Oteke
Puaroan
Contains
Bajocian
,
Bathonian
,
Callovian
,
Crassicostatus
,
Discites
,
Early/Lower Bajocian
,
Early/Lower Bathonian
,
Early/Lower Callovian
,
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian
,
Early/Lower Oxfordian
,
Epizigzagiceras
,
Garantiana
,
Heterian
,
Humphresianum
,
Kimmeridgian
,
Kirschneri
,
Laeviuscula
,
Late/Upper Bajocian
,
Late/Upper Bathonian
,
Late/Upper Callovian
,
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian
,
Late/Upper Oxfordian
,
Middle Bathonian
,
Middle Callovian
,
Middle Oxfordian
,
Oblatum
,
Oxfordian
,
Parkinsoni
,
Rotundum
,
Sauzei
,
Subfurcatum
,
Widebayense
Shares base with
Aalenian
,
Concavum
,
Early/Lower Aalenian
,
Howelli
,
Late/Upper Aalenian
,
Middle Aalenian
,
Middle Jurassic
,
Murchisonae
,
Opalinum
,
Scissum
,
Temaikan
,
Westermanni
Shares top with
Ohauan
Overlaps with
Tithonian
(150.8 to 145.5 Ma)
Late/Upper Tithonian
(150.8 to 145.5 Ma)
Middle Tithonian
(150.8 to 145.5 Ma)
Early/Lower Tithonian
(150.8 to 145.5 Ma)
Late/Upper Jurassic
(161.2 to 145.5 Ma)
Appears in scale
New Zealand Series
(2004)
Interval name:
Late/Upper
late Late
middle Late
early Late
Middle
late Middle
middle Middle
early Middle
Early/Lower
late Early
middle Early
early Early