Priabonian
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The Priabonian is, in the ICS's geologic timescale, the latest age or the upper stage of the Eocene Epoch or Series. It spans the time between . The Priabonian is preceded by the Bartonian and is followed by the Rupelian, the lowest stage of the Oligocene.
Key facts
- Geologic timespan.name
- Priabonian
- Geologic timespan.color
- Priabonian
- Geologic timespan.time_start
- 37.71
- Geologic timespan.time_end
- 33.9
- Geologic timespan.timeline
- Paleogene
- 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
- LAD of the large acarininids and the Foraminiferan Morozovelloides crassatus
- Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_location
- Alano section, Piave river, Venetian Prealps, Belluno, Italy
- Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_accept_date
- February 2020
- Geologic timespan.upper_boundary_def
- LAD of Planktonic Foraminifers Hantkenina and Cribrohantkenina
- Geologic timespan.upper_gssp_location
- Massignano quarry section, Massignano, Ancona, Italy
- Geologic timespan.upper_gssp_accept_date
- 1992
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- topic's main category
- Category:Priabonian
- Commons category
- Priabonian
- sRGB color hex triplet
- FED9A2
- start time
- 37800000-0
- end time
- 33900000-0
- significant place
- Piave
- named by
- Albert de Lapparent
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History and naming
- Stratigraphic definition
- References
- Literature
- External links
The Priabonian is, in the ICS's geologic timescale, the latest age or the upper stage of the Eocene Epoch or Series. It spans the time between . The Priabonian is preceded by the Bartonian and is followed by the Rupelian, the lowest stage of the Oligocene.
Priabona, an extinct dipteran in the family Pipunculidae, is named after the Priabonian, the age of deposits from which this insect is known.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Priabonian” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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