Albian
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The Albian is both an age of the geologic timescale and a stage in the stratigraphic column. It is the youngest or uppermost subdivision of the Early/Lower Cretaceous Epoch/Series. Its approximate time range is 113.2 ± 0.3 Ma to 100.5 ± 0.1 Ma (million years ago). The Albian is preceded by the Aptian and followed by the Cenomanian.
Key facts
- Geologic timespan.name
- Albian
- Geologic timespan.color
- Albian
- Geologic timespan.time_start
- 113.2
- Geologic timespan.time_start_uncertainty
- 0.3
- Geologic timespan.time_end
- 100.5
- Geologic timespan.time_end_uncertainty
- 0.1
- Geologic timespan.timeline
- Cretaceous
- Geologic timespan.name_formality
- Formal
- Geologic timespan.celestial_body
- earth
- Geologic timespan.usage
- Global (ICS)
- Geologic timespan.timescales_used
- ICS Time Scale
- Geologic timespan.chrono_unit
- Age
- Geologic timespan.strat_unit
- Stage
- Geologic timespan.timespan_formality
- Formal
- Geologic timespan.lower_boundary_def
- FAD of the Planktonic Foraminifer Microhedbergella renilaevis
- Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_location
- Col de Pré-Guittard section, Arnayon, Drôme, France
- Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_accept_date
- April 2016
- Geologic timespan.upper_boundary_def
- FAD of the Planktonic Foraminifer Rotalipora globotruncanoides
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The Albian is both an age of the geologic timescale and a stage in the stratigraphic column. It is the youngest or uppermost subdivision of the Early/Lower Cretaceous Epoch/Series. Its approximate time range is 113.2 ± 0.3 Ma to 100.5 ± 0.1 Ma (million years ago). The Albian is preceded by the Aptian and followed by the Cenomanian.
==Stratigraphic definitions== The Albian Stage was first proposed in 1842 by Alcide d'Orbigny. It was named after Alba, the Latin name for River Aube in France.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Albian” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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