Burdigalian (20.44 Ma)
Back to Miocene (23.03 Ma)Representation and status
- Color CMYK
- 0/0/75/0
- Color RGB
- R: 255 G: 255 B: 65
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Stage
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- valid formal name
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Burdigalien
- Français
- Burdigalien
- Italiano
- Burdigaliano
- English
- Burdigalian (20.44 Ma)
- Origin of the Name
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Named after the town of Bordeaux = Burdigala (Gironde, France).
- Historical Variants
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Burdigalien (Depéret 1892, Denizot et al. 1957), Bordeauxstufe (Wegelin 1918), Burdigalium, Burdigal
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
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Latin: Burdigalia
Hierarchy and sequence
- Units at roof
- Upper boundary
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FAD Praeorbulina glomerosa (Foraminfera), top of magnetic chronozone C5Cn.1n
- Lower boundary
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FAD Globigerinoides altiaperturus (Foraminifera), top of magnetic chronozone C6An
Age
- Age at top
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- early Miocene
- Age at base
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- early Miocene
Geography
- Type area
- Gironde (France)
References
- Definition
- 1892) : Note sur la classification et le parallélisme du système miocène. Bull. Soc. géol. France (3) 19 (