Priabonian

Also known as Upper Eocene, Priabonian Stage, Priabonian Age

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