Burdigalian
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The Burdigalian is, in the geologic timescale, an age or stage in the early Miocene. It spans the time between 20.45 Ma and 15.98 Ma (million years ago). Preceded by the Aquitanian, the Burdigalian was the first and longest warming period of the Miocene and is succeeded by the Langhian.
Key facts
- Geologic timespan.name
- Burdigalian
- Geologic timespan.color
- Burdigalian
- Geologic timespan.time_start
- 20.45
- Geologic timespan.time_end
- 15.98
- Geologic timespan.timeline
- Neogene
- Geologic timespan.formerly_part_of
- Tertiary Period/System
- 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
- Not formally defined
- Geologic timespan.lower_def_candidates
- Near FAD of the Planktonic Foraminiferan Globigerinoides altiaperturus Near top of magnetic polarity chronozone C6An
- Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_candidates
- Astronomically tuned ODP-core
- Geologic timespan.upper_boundary_def
- Not formally defined
- Geologic timespan.upper_def_candidates
- Near top of magnetic polarity chronozone C5Cn.1n Near FAD of the Planktonic Foraminiferan Praeorbulina glomerosa
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- Commons category
- Burdigalian
- start time
- 20440000-0
- end time
- 15980000-0
- sRGB color hex triplet
- FFFF41
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The Burdigalian is, in the geologic timescale, an age or stage in the early Miocene. It spans the time between 20.45 Ma and 15.98 Ma (million years ago). Preceded by the Aquitanian, the Burdigalian was the first and longest warming period of the Miocene and is succeeded by the Langhian.
==Stratigraphic definition== The name Burdigalian comes from Burdigala, the Latin name for the city of Bordeaux, France. The Burdigalian Stage was introduced in scientific literature by Charles Depéret in 1892.