Badenian
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- Color CMYK
- (0%,0%,0%,100%)
- Color RGB
- R: 255 G: 255 B: 77
- Rank
- chronostratigraphy
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- local name (informal)
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Badénien
- Français
- Badénien
- Italiano
- Badeniano
- English
- Badenian
- Origin of the Name
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Named after the town of Baden (Niederösterreich), near Vienna.
- Historical Variants
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Badenon (Rolle ----), Baden-Stufe, --- (Papp & Cicha 1968, Alberdi & Aguirre 1979), Badenium (Giersch 2004)
Hierarchy and sequence
- Units at roof
Age
- Age at top
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- Serravallian
- Age at base
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- Burdigalian
- Dating Method
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Middle Miocene, MN6
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Central Europe.