Danian

Details

Instance of

age, stage

Start time

66000000 BCE

End time

61600000 BCE

Part of

Paleocene, ICS Standard Global Chronostratigraphic (Geochronologic) Scale

Follows

Maastrichtian

Followed by

Selandian, Q3322773

described by source

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)

different from

Dan

named after

Denmark

named by

Édouard Desor

significant event

Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction

sRGB color hex triplet

FEB872

topic's main category

Category:Danian

type locality (geology)

GSSP for the base of the Danian

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