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Selandian
Also known as Selandian Stage, Selandian Age, middle Paleocene
The Selandian is a stage in the Paleocene. It spans the time between . It is preceded by the Danian and followed by the Thanetian. Sometimes the Paleocene is subdivided in subepochs, in which the Selandian forms the "middle Paleocene".
Key facts
- Geologic timespan.name
- Selandian
- Geologic timespan.color
- Selandian
- Geologic timespan.time_start
- 61.66
- Geologic timespan.time_end
- 59.24
- 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
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Article
6 sectionsContents
- Stratigraphic definition
- Fauna and Flora
- Flora
- References
- Further reading
- External links
The Selandian is a stage in the Paleocene. It spans the time between . It is preceded by the Danian and followed by the Thanetian. Sometimes the Paleocene is subdivided in subepochs, in which the Selandian forms the "middle Paleocene".
==Stratigraphic definition== The Selandian was introduced in scientific literature by Danish geologist Alfred Rosenkrantz in 1924. It is named after the Danish island of Zealand (Danish: Sjælland) given its prevalence there.
On the map
8 mapped locations