“…Foraminiferal zones established for the Aalenian–Bajocian boundary in different areas of the Northern Hemisphere (1–11) compared to foraminiferal zonations established for the Lusitanian Basin (12; modified after Canales and Henriques, ; Silva, ). (1) SW Germany (Frentzen, ); (2) Sicily, S Italy (Barbieri, ); (3) Mountains, France, and Pre‐Alps, Switzerland (Septfontaine, ; Wernli and Septfontaine, ); (4) S Sweden (Norling, ); (5) Grand Banks, Canada (Exton and Gradstein, ) (6) Lusitanian Basin, Portugal, and Grand Banks, Canada (Exton and Gradstein, ); (7) N Wales (Copestake and Johnson, ); (8) S Rif, Morocco (Boutakiout, ) (mg: morphogenus); (9) W Carpathians, Poland (Tyszka, ); (10) Basque–Cantabrian Basin, N Spain (Canales, ); (11) Middle Atlas, Morocco (Bejaji et al ., ); (12) Murtinheira (GSSP Bajocian) section (Canales and Henriques, ) and Serra da Boa Viagem II section (Silva, ) in the Lusitanian Basin, Portugal; (A) Astacolus dorbignyi Zone.…”