Rupelian
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The Rupelian, in the geologic timescale, the older of two ages or the lower of two stages of the Oligocene Epoch/Series. It spans the time between . It is preceded by the Priabonian Stage (part of the Eocene) and is followed by the Chattian Stage. The Rupelian is also known, informally, as the early Oligocene and lower Oligocene.
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- Rupelian
- Geologic timespan.color
- Rupelian
- Geologic timespan.time_start
- 33.9
- Geologic timespan.time_end
- 27.30
- Geologic timespan.timeline
- Paleogene
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- Tertiary Period/System
- Geologic timespan.name_formality
- Formal
- Geologic timespan.celestial_body
- earth
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- Global (ICS)
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- ICS Time Scale
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- Age
- Geologic timespan.strat_unit
- Stage
- Geologic timespan.timespan_formality
- Formal
- Geologic timespan.lower_boundary_def
- LAD of Planktonic Foraminiferans Hantkenina and Cribrohantkenina
- Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_location
- Massignano quarry section, Massignano, Ancona, Italy
- Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_accept_date
- 1992
- Geologic timespan.upper_boundary_def
- LAD of the Planktonic Foraminifer Chiloguembelina (Base of Foram Zone P21b)
- Geologic timespan.upper_gssp_location
- Monte Cagnero, Central Apennines, Italy
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- 33900000-0
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- 28100000-0
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The Rupelian, in the geologic timescale, the older of two ages or the lower of two stages of the Oligocene Epoch/Series. It spans the time between . It is preceded by the Priabonian Stage (part of the Eocene) and is followed by the Chattian Stage. The Rupelian is also known, informally, as the early Oligocene and lower Oligocene.
==Name== The stage is named after the small river Rupel in Belgium, a tributary to the Scheldt. The Belgian Rupel Group derives its name from the same source. The name Rupelian was introduced in scientific literature by Belgian geologist André Hubert Dumont in 1850. The separation between the group and the stage was made in the second half of the 20th century, when stratigraphers saw the need to distinguish between lithostratigraphic and chronostratigraphic names.
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