ammonites

Thanetian age/stage

General information
Lower boundary: equal to 58.7 Ma (see scale)
Upper boundary: equal to 55.8 Ma (see scale)
Continent: global
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See map of collections within this interval
Key correlations
Period: Paleogene
Epoch: Paleocene
Subepoch: Late/Upper Paleocene
10 million year bin: Cenozoic 1
Contained within
  • Dannevirke
  • Paleogene
  • Tertiary
  • Cenozoic
  • Phanerozoic
    • Previous intervals
  • Selandian
  • Middle Paleocene
    • Next intervals
  • Eocene
  • Early/Lower Eocene
  • Ypresian
  • Wasatchian
  • Lostcabinian
  • Lysitean
  • Graybullian
  • Sandcouleean
  • Casamayoran
  • Waipawan
  • Bumbanian
  • MP 10
  • MP 8 + 9
  • MP 7
    • Equivalent to
  • Late/Upper Paleocene, Gashatan
    • Contains
  • MP 6
    • Shares top with
  • Cf1, Cf2, Cf3, Clarkforkian, MP 1 - 5, Paleocene, Riochican, Teurian
    • Overlaps with
  • Itaboraian (59.0 to 57.0 Ma)
  • Tiffanian (61.7 to 56.8 Ma)
  • Ti6 (61.7 to 56.8 Ma)
  • Ti5 (61.7 to 56.8 Ma)
  • Ti4 (61.7 to 56.8 Ma)
  • Ti3 (61.7 to 56.8 Ma)
  • Ti2 (61.7 to 56.8 Ma)
  • Ti1 (61.7 to 56.8 Ma)
    • Appears in scales
  • 2009 IUGS Cenozoic Ages (2010)
  • Gradstein 7: Stages (2004)
  • Berggren et al. 1995 Cenozoic Stages (1995)
  • Harland 6: Stages (1990)

    • Interval name: