Selandian (61.6 Ma)
Representation and status
- Color CMYK
- 0/25/55/0
- Color RGB
- R: 254 G: 191 B: 101
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Stage
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- valid formal name
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Sélandien (CH) (DE/AT: Seelandium)
- Français
- Sélandien
- Italiano
- Selandiano
- English
- Selandian (61.6 Ma)
- Origin of the Name
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Named after the Zealand island (Denmark).
- Historical Variants
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--- (Rosenkrantz 1924)
Hierarchy and sequence
- Units at roof
- Lower boundary
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Unformity at the type-locality.
Age
- Age at top
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- middle Paleocene
- Age at base
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- middle Paleocene