Sinemurian
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The Sinemurian is a stage of the Early Jurassic Epoch. It spans the time between 196.5 ± 2 Ma and 189.6 ± 1.5 Ma (million years ago).
The stage takes its name from the town of [Semur-en-Brionnais], near Sancerre in the upper Loire Valley. The calcareous soil formed from the Jurassic limestone of the region is in part responsible for the character of the classic Sancerre wines.
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| Jurassic period | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower/Early Jurassic | Middle Jurassic | Upper/Late Jurassic | |||
| Hettangian | Sinemurian | Aalenian | Bajocian | Oxfordian | Kimmeridgian |
| Pliensbachian | Toarcian | Bathonian | Callovian | Tithonian | |
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