The Givetian is one of two faunal stages in the Middle Devonian Period.
It is named after the town of Givet in France.
The oldest forests occurred during the late Givetian.
[7] The lower GSSP is located at Jebel Mech Irdane, Tafilalt, Morocco.
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.