Givetian

System/ Period	Series/ Epoch	Stage/ Age	Age (Ma)
Carboniferous	Mississippian	Tournaisian	younger
Devonian	Upper/ Late	Famennian	358.9	372.2
	Upper/ Late	Frasnian	372.2	382.7
	Middle	Givetian	382.7	387.7
	Middle	Eifelian	387.7	393.3
	Lower/ Early	Emsian	393.3	407.6
		Pragian	407.6	410.8
		Lochkovian	410.8	419.2
Silurian	Pridoli	no faunal stages defined	older
Subdivision of the Devonian system according to the ICS, as of 2017.^[1]

The Givetian is one of two faunal stages in the Middle Devonian period. It lasted from 387.7 million years ago to 382.7 million years ago. It was preceded by the Eifelian stage and followed by the Frasnian stage. It is named after the town of Givet in France.

Name and definition

The Givetian stage was proposed in 1879 by French geologist Jules Gosselet and was accepted for the higher stage of the Middle Devonian by the Subcommission on Devonian Stratigraphy in 1981.^[2]

Palaeontology

Fish

Sarcopterygians

Tetrapodomorphs

Tetrapodomorphs of the Givetian
Taxa	Presence	Location	Description	Images
Elpistostege		Escuminac Formation, Quebec, Canada

References

↑ http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
↑ Préat, Alain; Bultynck, Pierre (2006). "Givetian" (PDF). Geologica Belgica. 9 (1–2): 9–18. Retrieved 12 March 2013.

Coordinates: 31°14′15″N 4°21′15″W / 31.2375°N 4.3542°W / 31.2375; -4.3542

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[1] ttp://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale

[2] Préat, Alain; Bultynck, Pierre (2006). "Givetian" (PDF). Geologica Belgica. 9 (1–2): 9–18. Retrieved 12 March 2013.