Palaeogene (66.0 Ma)
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- Color RGB
- R: 253 G: 154 B: 82
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Period
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- valid formal name
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Paläogen
- Français
- Paléogène
- Italiano
- Paleogene
- English
- Palaeogene (66.0 Ma)
- Origin of the Name
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palaeos = ancient , genos = birth
- Historical Variants
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--- (Naumann 1866), Eogen (Alb. Heim), Système éogène (Revil 1911), Tertiaire inférieur = Paléogène = Nummulitique (Gignoux & Moret 1944), Paléogène (Denizot et al. 1957), Alttertiär (Tollmann 1985), älteres Tertiär
Hierarchy and sequence
- Units at roof
Age
- Age at top
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- Chattian
- Age at base
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- Danian
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Oligocene (33.9 Ma)
- Name Origin
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oligos = peu , kaïno = récent
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Epoch
- Status
- valid formal name
- In short
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The Oligocene is the last geochronologic epoch of the Paleogene, starting with the Rupelian age (at the transition from the Eocene epoch) and ending with the Chattian age (at the transition to the Miocene epoch).
- Age
- 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
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Eocene (56.0 Ma)
- Name Origin
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eos = aurore, début , kaïno = récent
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Epoch
- Status
- valid formal name
- In short
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The Eocene is the middle geochronologic epoch of the Paleogene, starting with the Ypresian age (at the transition from the Paleocene epoch) and ending with the Priabonian age (at the transition to the Oligocene epoch). It is subdivided in four ages (Ypresian, Lutetian, Bartonian and Priabonian).
- Age
- Ypresian
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Priabonian (37.71 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the village of Priabona (Italia), Vicenza.
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Stage
- Status
- valid formal name
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- <p>Parastratotypes à Ghenderle, Brendola, Mossano et Possagno (Cita 1969) ; calcaires marneux à Echinides de Priabona (Boussac 1909a)</p>
- In short
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Last stage of the Eocene. Definition originally based on the «assises de la Granella», «groupe des couches à Orbitoides de Priabona» and «marnes de Brendola».
- Age
- spätes Eozän
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Bartonian (~41 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the village of Barton-on-Sea (Hampshire, UK).
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Stage
- Status
- valid formal name
- In short
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Second stage of the Middle Eocene. Its definition was originally based both on the Barton Beds (Hampshire) and the Sables d'Auvers-Beauchamp (Paris Basin).
- Age
- mittleres Eozän
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Marinesian
- Name Origin
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Named after the village of Marines (Val-d'Oise, France)
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Substage
- Status
- local name (informal)
- In short
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Second substage of the Bartonian in the Paris Basin. Original definition based on the «Sables de Marines». It corresponds to the Late Bartonian of the International Time Scale.
- Age
- Bartonian
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Auversian
- Name Origin
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Named after the town of Auvers-sur-Oise (Val d'Oise, France) ; le stratotype des sablières du Bois-le-Roi est en cours d'aménagement.
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Substage
- Status
- local name (informal)
- Valid term
- Bartonian
- In short
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First substage of the Bartonian in the Paris Basin. It corresponds to the Early Bartonian of the International Time Scale.
- Age
- early Bartonian
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Lutetian (47.8 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the town of Paris = Lutetia (France).
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Stage
- Status
- valid formal name
- In short
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Second stage of the Eocene.
- Age
- mittleres Eozän
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Ypresian (56.0 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the village of Ypres = Ieper(Belgium).
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Stage
- Status
- valid formal name
- In short
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First stage of the Eocene.
- Age
- frühes Eozän
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Cuisian
- Name Origin
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Named after the village of Cuise-la-Motte (Oise, France).
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Substage
- Status
- local name (informal)
- In short
- Last, informal substage of the Ypresian.
- Age
- spätes Yprésien
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Sparnacian
- Name Origin
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Named after the town of Épernay = Sparnacum (Marne, France).
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Substage
- Status
- local name (informal)
- In short
- Early Ypresian of the Paris Basin.
- Age
- frühes Eozän
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Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM)
- Rank
- climato/palynostratigraphy
- Status
- informal term
- In short
- Global thermal maximum marked by a strong negative anomaly in δ13C values at the Paleocene-Eocene boundary.
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Paleocene (66.0 Ma)
- Name Origin
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palaeos = ancient , eos = dawn, kaïno = recent (i.e. Palaeo-Eocene, see Pulvertaft 1999)
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Epoch
- Status
- valid formal name
- In short
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The Paleocene is the first geochronologic epoch of the Paleogene, starting with the Danian age (at the transition from the Late Cretaceous epoch) and ending with the Thanttian age (at the transition to the Eocene epoch). It is subdivided in three ages (Danian, Selandian and Thanetian).
- Age
- Danian
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Thanetian (59.2 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the Isle of Thanet (Kent, UK).
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Stage
- Status
- valid formal name
- In short
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Last stage of the Paleocene.
- Age
- spätes Paläozän
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Selandian (61.6 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the Zealand island (Denmark).
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Stage
- Status
- valid formal name
- Age
- mittleres Paläozän
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Danian (66.0 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the Latin name for Denmark.
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Stage
- Status
- valid formal name
- In short
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First stage of the Paleocene (and hence of the Cenozoic as well).
- Age
- frühes Paläozän