Katien

Also known as Katian Stage, Katian Age

second étage de l'Ordovicien supérieur

Key facts

Geologic timespan.name: Katian
Geologic timespan.color: Katian
Geologic timespan.time_start: 452.8
Geologic timespan.time_start_uncertainty: 0.7
Geologic timespan.time_end: 445.2
Geologic timespan.time_end_uncertainty: 0.9
Geologic timespan.image_map: Geology of Asia 450.Ma.jpg
Geologic timespan.caption_map: Paleogeography of the Katian, 450 Ma
Geologic timespan.timeline: Ordovician
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 graptolite Diplacanthograptus caudatus
Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_location: Black Knob Ridge section, Oklahoma, United States

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: age
Followed by: Hirnantian
Follows: Sandbian

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sRGB color hex triplet: 81D6BC
start time: 453000000-
end time: 445200000-

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Le Katien est le second des trois étages géologiques de l'Ordovicien supérieur ou Bala, dans l'ère Paléozoïque. Il s'étend de 453,0 ± 0,7 à 445,2 ± 1,4 Ma. Le Katien succède au Sandbien et est, pour sa part, suivi par l'Hirnantien.

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