Coniacian
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The Coniacian is an age or stage in the geologic timescale. It is a subdivision of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or Upper Cretaceous Series and spans the time between 89.8 ± 0.3 Ma and 85.7 ± 0.2 Ma (million years ago). The Coniacian is preceded by the Turonian and followed by the Santonian.
Key facts
- Geologic timespan.name
- Coniacian
- Geologic timespan.color
- Coniacian
- Geologic timespan.time_start
- 89.8
- Geologic timespan.time_start_uncertainty
- 0.3
- Geologic timespan.time_end
- 85.7
- Geologic timespan.time_end_uncertainty
- 0.2
- 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 Inoceramid Bivalve Cremnoceramus deformis erectus
- Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_location
- Salzgitter-Salder quarry, Germany
- Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_accept_date
- May 2021
- Geologic timespan.upper_boundary_def
- FAD of the Inoceramid Bivalve Cladoceramus undulatoplicatus
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- Commons category
- Coniacian
- start time
- 89800000-0
- end time
- 86300000-0
- sRGB color hex triplet
- D1E382
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7 sectionsContents
- Stratigraphic definitions
- Sequence stratigraphy and geochemistry
- Subdivision
- References
- Notes
- Literature
- External links
The Coniacian is an age or stage in the geologic timescale. It is a subdivision of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or Upper Cretaceous Series and spans the time between 89.8 ± 0.3 Ma and 85.7 ± 0.2 Ma (million years ago). The Coniacian is preceded by the Turonian and followed by the Santonian.
== Stratigraphic definitions == The Coniacian is named after the city of Cognac in the French region of Saintonge. It was first defined by French geologist Henri Coquand in 1857.
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