Albian
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The Albian is both an age of the geologic timescale and a stage in the stratigraphic column. It is the youngest or uppermost subdivision of the Early/Lower Cretaceous Epoch/Series. Its approximate time range is 113.2 ± 0.3 Ma to 100.5 ± 0.1 Ma (million years ago). The Albian is preceded by the Aptian and followed by the Cenomanian.
Key facts
- Geologic timespan.name
- Albian
- Geologic timespan.color
- Albian
- Geologic timespan.time_start
- 113.2
- Geologic timespan.time_start_uncertainty
- 0.3
- Geologic timespan.time_end
- 100.5
- Geologic timespan.time_end_uncertainty
- 0.1
- 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
- FAD of the Planktonic Foraminifer Microhedbergella renilaevis
- Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_location
- Col de Pré-Guittard section, Arnayon, Drôme, France
- Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_accept_date
- April 2016
- Geologic timespan.upper_boundary_def
- FAD of the Planktonic Foraminifer Rotalipora globotruncanoides
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- Commons category
- Albian
- sRGB color hex triplet
- CDE5A8
- start time
- 113000000-
- end time
- 100500000-
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The Albian is both an age of the geologic timescale and a stage in the stratigraphic column. It is the youngest or uppermost subdivision of the Early/Lower Cretaceous Epoch/Series. Its approximate time range is 113.2 ± 0.3 Ma to 100.5 ± 0.1 Ma (million years ago). The Albian is preceded by the Aptian and followed by the Cenomanian.
==Stratigraphic definitions== The Albian Stage was first proposed in 1842 by Alcide d'Orbigny. It was named after Alba, the Latin name for River Aube in France.
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