Maastrichtian
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The Maastrichtian ( ) is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) geologic timescale, the latest age (uppermost stage) of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or Upper Cretaceous Series, the Cretaceous Period or System, and of the Mesozoic Era or Erathem. It spanned the interval from . The Maastrichtian was preceded by the Campanian and succeeded by the Danian (part of the Paleogene and Paleocene). It is named after the city of Maastricht, the capital and largest city of the Limburg province in the Netherlands.
Key facts
- Geologic timespan.name
- Maastrichtian
- Geologic timespan.color
- Maastrichtian
- Geologic timespan.time_start
- 72.2
- Geologic timespan.time_start_uncertainty
- 0.2
- Geologic timespan.time_end
- 66.0
- Geologic timespan.image_map
- Opening of western Indian Ocean 70 Ma.png
- Geologic timespan.caption_map
- Opening of the western Indian Ocean in the Maastrichtian
- 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
- Mean of 12 biostratigraphic criteria
- Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_location
- Grande Carrière quarry, Landes, France
- Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_accept_date
- February 2001
via Wikipedia infobox
Described at
MAASTRICHTIAN | Université de Liège
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- age
- Named after
- Maastricht
- Followed by
- Danian
- Follows
- Campanian
- Image
- Main floristic types from the Maastrichtian - journal.pone.0052455.g007-left.png
- Significant event
- Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction
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- Commons category
- Maastrichtian
- topic's main category
- Category:Maastrichtian
- start time
- 72100000-0
- end time
- 66000000-0
- sRGB color hex triplet
- F3F29C
- significant place
- Tercis-les-Bains
- named by
- André Dumont
- described at URL
- popups.uliege.be/1374-8505/index.php?id=1095
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Stratigraphic definitions
- Definition
- Subdivision
- Palaeogeography
- Climate
- Paleontology
- Dinosaurs
- Birds
- Pterosaurs
- Flora
- Notes
- References
- External links
The Maastrichtian ( ) is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) geologic timescale, the latest age (uppermost stage) of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or Upper Cretaceous Series, the Cretaceous Period or System, and of the Mesozoic Era or Erathem. It spanned the interval from . The Maastrichtian was preceded by the Campanian and succeeded by the Danian (part of the Paleogene and Paleocene). It is named after the city of Maastricht, the capital and largest city of the Limburg province in the Netherlands.
The Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event (formerly known as the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event) occurred at the end of this age. In this mass extinction, many commonly recognized groups such as non-avian dinosaurs, pterosaurs, plesiosaurs, and mosasaurs, as well as many other lesser-known groups, died out. The cause of the extinction is most commonly linked to an asteroid about wide colliding with Earth, ending the Cretaceous.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maastrichtian” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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