Palaeogene (66.0 Ma)
Retour à Cretaceous (~ 145 Ma)Représentation et statut
- Couleur CMYK
- 0/40/60/0
- Couleur RGB
- R: 253 G: 154 B: 82
- Rang
- Période chronostratigraphique
- Usage
- Ce terme est en usage.
- Status
- terme formel valide
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Paläogen
- Français
- Paléogène
- Italiano
- Paleogene
- English
- Palaeogene (66.0 Ma)
- Origine du nom
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palaeos = ancient , genos = birth
- Variantes historiques
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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
Hiérarchie et succession
- Unités hiérarchiquement subordonnées
- Unités sus-jacentes
Âge
- Âge au sommet
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- Chattien
- Âge à la base
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- Danien
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Oligocene (33.9 Ma)
- Name Origin
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oligos = peu , kaïno = récent
- Rang
- Époque chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- En bref
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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
- Rupélien
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Chattian (27.82 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the Chatti tribe (Deutschland).
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- Age
- Oligocène
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Rupelian (33.9 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the Rupel river (Belgium).
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- En bref
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First stage of the Oligocene. Its definition was originally based on the Rupel Group.
- Age
- Oligocène précoce
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Eocene (56.0 Ma)
- Name Origin
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eos = aurore, début , kaïno = récent
- Rang
- Époque chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- En bref
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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
- Yprésien
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Priabonian (37.71 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the village of Priabona (Italia), Vicenza.
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- <p>Parastratotypes à Ghenderle, Brendola, Mossano et Possagno (Cita 1969) ; calcaires marneux à Echinides de Priabona (Boussac 1909a)</p>
- En bref
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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).
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- En bref
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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)
- Rang
- Sous-Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme local (informel)
- En bref
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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
- Bartonien
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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.
- Rang
- Sous-Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme local (informel)
- Durée de validité
- Bartonian
- En bref
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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
- Bartonien précoce
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Lutetian (47.8 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the town of Paris = Lutetia (France).
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- En bref
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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).
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- En bref
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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).
- Rang
- Sous-Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme local (informel)
- En bref
- 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).
- Rang
- Sous-Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme local (informel)
- En bref
- Early Ypresian of the Paris Basin.
- Age
- frühes Eozän
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Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM)
- Rang
- climato/palynostratigraphie
- Statut
- terme informel
- En bref
- 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)
- Rang
- Époque chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- En bref
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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
- Danien
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Thanetian (59.2 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the Isle of Thanet (Kent, UK).
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- En bref
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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).
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- Age
- mittleres Paläozän
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Danian (66.0 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the Latin name for Denmark.
- Rang
- Étage chronostratigraphique
- Statut
- terme formel valide
- En bref
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First stage of the Paleocene (and hence of the Cenozoic as well).
- Age
- frühes Paläozän