Coniacian
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The Coniacian is an age or stage in the geologic timescale. It is a subdivision of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or Upper Cretaceous Series and spans the time between 89.8 ± 0.3 Ma and 85.7 ± 0.2 Ma (million years ago). The Coniacian is preceded by the Turonian and followed by the Santonian.
Key facts
- Geologic timespan.name
- Coniacian
- Geologic timespan.color
- Coniacian
- Geologic timespan.time_start
- 89.8
- Geologic timespan.time_start_uncertainty
- 0.3
- Geologic timespan.time_end
- 85.7
- Geologic timespan.time_end_uncertainty
- 0.2
- 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 Inoceramid Bivalve Cremnoceramus deformis erectus
- Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_location
- Salzgitter-Salder quarry, Germany
- Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_accept_date
- May 2021
- Geologic timespan.upper_boundary_def
- FAD of the Inoceramid Bivalve Cladoceramus undulatoplicatus
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Stratigraphic definitions
- Sequence stratigraphy and geochemistry
- Subdivision
- References
- Notes
- Literature
- External links
The Coniacian is an age or stage in the geologic timescale. It is a subdivision of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or Upper Cretaceous Series and spans the time between 89.8 ± 0.3 Ma and 85.7 ± 0.2 Ma (million years ago). The Coniacian is preceded by the Turonian and followed by the Santonian.
== Stratigraphic definitions == The Coniacian is named after the city of Cognac in the French region of Saintonge. It was first defined by French geologist Henri Coquand in 1857.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Coniacian” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
4 mapped locations