Palaeogene (66.0 Ma)

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
0/40/60/0
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

palaeos = ancient , genos = birth

Historical Variants

--- (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

Subordinate units
Units at roof

Age

Age at top
  • late Oligocene
Age at base
  • Danian

  • Oligocene (33.9 Ma)

    Name Origin

    oligos = peu , kaïno = récent

    Rank
    chronostratigraphic Epoch
    Status
    valid formal name
    Age
    Rupelian
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    • Chattian (27.82 Ma)

      Name Origin

      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

      Named after the Rupel river (Belgium).

      Rank
      chronostratigraphic Stage
      Status
      valid formal name
      In short

      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

    eos = aurore, début , kaïno = récent

    Rank
    chronostratigraphic Epoch
    Status
    valid formal name
    Age
    Ypresian
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    • Priabonian (37.71 Ma)

      Name Origin

      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

      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

      Named after the village of Barton-on-Sea (Hampshire, UK).

      Rank
      chronostratigraphic Stage
      Status
      valid formal name
      In short

      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

        Named after the village of Marines (Val-d'Oise, France)

        Rank
        chronostratigraphic Substage
        Status
        local name (informal)
        In short

        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

        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

        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

      Named after the town of Paris = Lutetia (France).

      Rank
      chronostratigraphic Stage
      Status
      valid formal name
      In short

      Second stage of the Eocene.

      Age
      mittleres Eozän
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    • Ypresian (56.0 Ma)

      Name Origin

      Named after the village of Ypres = Ieper(Belgium).

      Rank
      chronostratigraphic Stage
      Status
      valid formal name
      In short

      First stage of the Eocene.

      Age
      frühes Eozän
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      • Cuisian

        Name Origin

        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

        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

    palaeos = ancient , eos = dawn, kaïno = recent (i.e. Palaeo-Eocene, see Pulvertaft 1999)

    Rank
    chronostratigraphic Epoch
    Status
    valid formal name
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    • Thanetian (59.2 Ma)

      Name Origin

      Named after the Isle of Thanet (Kent, UK).

      Rank
      chronostratigraphic Stage
      Status
      valid formal name
      In short

      Last stage of the Paleocene.

      Age
      spätes Paläozän
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    • Selandian (61.6 Ma)

      Name Origin

      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

      Named after the Latin name for Denmark.

      Rank
      chronostratigraphic Stage
      Status
      valid formal name
      In short

      First stage of the Paleocene (and hence of the Cenozoic as well).

      Age
      frühes Paläozän
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