Danian
Sign in to saveThe Danian is the oldest age or lowest stage of the Paleocene Epoch or Series, of the Paleogene Period or System, and of the Cenozoic Era or Erathem. The beginning of the Danian (and the end of the preceding Maastrichtian) is at the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event . The age ended , being followed by the Selandian.
Key facts
- Geologic timespan.name
- Danian
- Geologic timespan.color
- Danian
- Geologic timespan.time_start
- 66.0
- Geologic timespan.time_end
- 61.66
- 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
- Geologic timespan.timespan_formality
- Formal
- Geologic timespan.lower_boundary_def
- Iridium enriched layer associated with a major meteorite impact and subsequent K–Pg extinction event
- Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_location
- El Kef Section, El Kef, Tunisia
- Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_accept_date
- 1991
- Geologic timespan.upper_boundary_def
- Onset of sea-level drop and carbon isotope shift
- Geologic timespan.upper_gssp_location
- Zumaia Section, Basque Country, Spain
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- Commons category
- Danian
- sRGB color hex triplet
- FEB872
- start time
- 66000000-0
- end time
- 61600000-0
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The Danian is the oldest age or lowest stage of the Paleocene Epoch or Series, of the Paleogene Period or System, and of the Cenozoic Era or Erathem. The beginning of the Danian (and the end of the preceding Maastrichtian) is at the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event . The age ended , being followed by the Selandian.
==Stratigraphic definitions== The Danian was introduced in scientific literature by German-Swiss geologist Pierre Jean Édouard Desor in 1847 following a study of fossils found in France and Denmark. He identified this stage in deposits from Faxe and Møns Klint and named it after the Latin name for Denmark. The Montian Stage from Belgian stratigraphy (named after the city of Mons) is now known to be roughly equivalent to the Upper Danian and is considered a junior synonym and is no longer in use.
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