“…Volcaniclasts, occurring either as polyphazed rock fragments (glass ± crystals ± vesicles) or as individual fragments made by a single phase (glass or crystal), commonly contain minerals suitable for radiometric dating, such as zircon. Consequently, volcaniclastic rocks are widely used to provide radiometric ages for sedimentary series and/or to calibrate the temporal extent of fossils (biozones) and generate chronostratigraphic charts (e.g., Lehrmann et al, 2006;Ovtcharova et al, 2006;Yu et al, 2008;Shen et al, 2011;Blanchard et al, 2013;Rubidge et al, 2013;Gastaldo et al, 2015;Metcalfe et al, 2015;Schoene et al, 2015;Baresel et al, 2017). However, linking a radiometric age obtained from a volcaniclastic rock with the age of sedimentation is not straightforward.…”