The Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Kimmeridgian Stage (Jurassic System), at Flodigarry, Staffin Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK

Andrzej Wierzbowski; Marcin Barski; Angela L. Coe; Mark W. Hounslow; Bronisław A. Matyja; Gregory D. Price; Hubert Wierzbowski; John K. Wright; with contributions from Francois Atrops; Jacek Grabowski; Emanuela Mattioli; Nicol Morton; James G. Ogg; Federico Olóriz; Kevin Page; Horacio Parent; Piotr Przybylski; Guenter Schweigert; Anna Bertha Villaseñor

doi:10.18814/epiiugs/2022/022046

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The Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Kimmeridgian Stage (Jurassic System), at Flodigarry, Staffin Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK

Andrzej Wierzbowski¹, Marcin Barski¹, Angela L. Coe^2*, Mark W. Hounslow³, Bronisław A. Matyja¹, Gregory D. Price⁴, Hubert Wierzbowski⁵, John K. Wright⁶, with contributions from Francois Atrops⁷, Jacek Grabowski⁵, Emanuela Mattioli⁷, Nicol Morton⁸, James G. Ogg⁹, Federico Olóriz¹⁰, Kevin Page¹¹, Horacio Parent¹², Piotr Przybylski¹³, Guenter Schweigert¹⁴, Anna Bertha Villaseñor¹⁵

¹ Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland
² School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK
³ Lancaster Environmental Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, UK and Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3GP, UK
⁴ School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK
⁵ Polish Geological Institute–National Research Institute, Warszawa, Poland
⁶ Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway, Egham, TW20 0EX, UK
⁷ Laboratoire de Geologie, Université de Lyon 1, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
⁸ 07200 Vogue, France
⁹ Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, Indiana, USA and State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Institute of Sedimentary Geology, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China
¹⁰ Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
¹¹ Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, UK
¹² Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
¹³ BP America Inc. Southern Performance Unit, Houston, USA
¹⁴ Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany
¹⁵ Departamento de Paleontologia, Instituto de Geologia, Ciudad México, Mexico

Correspondence to:E-mail: angela.coe@open.ac.uk

Received: November 8, 2022; Revised: November 24, 2022; Accepted: November 24, 2022

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