Oligocene (33.9 Ma)
Back to Palaeogene (66.0 Ma)Representation and status
- Color CMYK
- 0/25/45/0
- Color RGB
- R: 253 G: 192 B: 122
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Epoch
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- valid formal name
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Oligozän
- Français
- Oligocène
- Italiano
- Oligocene
- English
- Oligocene (33.9 Ma)
- Origin of the Name
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oligos = peu , kaïno = récent
- Historical Variants
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--- (Beyrich 1854), Oliocène (Denizot et al. 1957), Oligocän, Oligocaen
Hierarchy and sequence
- Subordinate units
- Units at roof
Age
- Age at top
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- Chattian
- Age at base
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- Rupelian
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Chattian (27.82 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the Chatti tribe (Deutschland).
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Stage
- Status
- valid formal name
- Age
- Oligocene
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Rupelian (33.9 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the Rupel river (Belgium).
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Stage
- Status
- valid formal name
- In short
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First stage of the Oligocene. Its definition was originally based on the Rupel Group.
- Age
- early Oligocene