DISUSED PALAEOZOIC REGIONAL STAGES FROM BELGIUM: DEVILLIAN, REVINIAN, SALMIAN, GEDINNIAN AND BURNOTIAN
Geological Survey of Belgium, 13 Jenner street, B1000 Brussels, Belgium; E-mail: leon.dejonghe@naturalsciences.be.
Université libre de Bruxelles, 50 av. F.D. Roosevelt, B1050 Bruxelles, Belgique; E-mail: herbosch@ulb.ac.be.
Université de Liège, Paléobotanique-Paléopalynologie-Micropaléontologie, Bât. 18, Sart Tilman, B4000 Liège, Belgique; E-mail: P.Steemans@ulg.ac.be.
Universiteit Gent, Department Geology and Paleontology, Krijgslaan, 281, S8, B9000 Gent, Belgium; E-mail: jacques.verniers@ugent.be
Abstract
ABSTRACT. The current status of some Palaeozoic stratigraphic units named in Belgium and the North of France (French Ardennes), and used until recently, is examined. Following the decisions of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS), notably Gradstein et al (2004)’s paper, the terms Devillian, Revinian, Salmian, Gedinnian and Burnotian should be avoided as chronostratigraphic units. The names Revin, Deville, Salm and Burnot could however be used to characterise lithostratigraphic units of Belgium and adjacent areas.