Maastrichtian (72.1 +/-0.2 Ma)
Back to Time ScaleRepresentation and status
- Index
- maa
- Color CMYK
- 5 / 0 / 45 / 0
- Color RGB
- R: 242 G: 250 B: 140
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Stage
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- valid formal name
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Maastrichtium (CH: Maastrichtien)
- Français
- Maastrichtien
- Italiano
- Maastrichtiano
- English
- Maastrichtian (72.1 +/-0.2 Ma)
- Origin of the Name
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Named after the town of Maastricht (Netherlands).
- Historical Variants
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Maestrichtien (Dumont 1849), Mastrichtin (Mayer-Eymar 1888), Maastrichtien (Sornay et al. 1957)
Hierarchy and sequence
- Units at roof
Age
- Age at top
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- Maastrichtian
- Age at base
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- Maastrichtian
References
- Definition
- 1849) : Rapport sur la carte géologique du Royaume. Bull. Acad. roy. Belgique 16/2 (