Burdigalian
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The Burdigalian is, in the geologic timescale, an age or stage in the early Miocene. It spans the time between 20.43 ± 0.05 Ma and 15.97 ± 0.05 Ma (million years ago). Preceded by the Aquitanian, the Burdigalian was the first and longest warming period of the Miocene[4] and is succeeded by the Langhian.
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20.44 – 15.97 Ma | |||||||||||
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Formerly part of | Tertiary Period/System | ||||||||||
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Name formality | Formal | ||||||||||
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Celestial body | Earth | ||||||||||
Regional usage | Global (ICS) | ||||||||||
Time scale(s) used | ICS Time Scale | ||||||||||
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Chronological unit | Age | ||||||||||
Stratigraphic unit | Stage | ||||||||||
Time span formality | Formal | ||||||||||
Lower boundary definition | Not formally defined | ||||||||||
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Lower boundary GSSP candidate section(s) | Astronomically tuned ODP-core | ||||||||||
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