Chattian

Also known as Chattian Stage, Chattian Age

The Chattian is, in the geologic timescale, the younger of two ages or upper of two stages of the Oligocene Epoch/Series. It spans the time between . The Chattian is preceded by the Rupelian and is followed by the Aquitanian (the lowest stage of the Miocene).

Key facts

Geologic timespan.name: Chattian
Geologic timespan.color: Chattian
Geologic timespan.time_start: 27.30
Geologic timespan.time_end: 23.04
Geologic timespan.timeline: Paleogene
Geologic timespan.formerly_part_of: Tertiary Period/System
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

Article

5 sections

Contents

Stratigraphic definition
Volcanic event
References
Literature
External links

==Stratigraphic definition== The Chattian was introduced by Austrian palaeontologist Theodor Fuchs in 1894. Fuchs named the stage after the Chatti, a Germanic tribe. The original type locality was near the German city of Kassel.