ammonites

Danian age/stage

General information
Lower boundary: equal to 65.5 Ma (see scale)
Upper boundary: equal to 61.7 Ma (see scale)
Continent: global
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Key correlations
Period: Paleogene
Epoch: Paleocene
Subepoch: Early/Lower Paleocene
10 million year bin: Cenozoic 1
Contained within
  • Phanerozoic
    • Previous intervals
  • Mesozoic
  • Cretaceous
  • Late/Upper Cretaceous
  • Senonian
  • Maastrichtian
  • Late/Upper Maastrichtian
  • Early/Lower Maastrichtian
  • Lancian
  • Edmontonian
  • Mata
  • Haumurian
    • Next intervals
  • Tiffanian
  • Ti6
  • Ti5
  • Ti4
  • Ti3
  • Ti2
  • Ti1
  • Selandian
  • Middle Paleocene
    • Equivalent to
  • Early/Lower Paleocene, Dragonian
    • Shares base with
  • Cenozoic, Dannevirke, MP 1 - 5, Paleocene, Paleogene, Pu1, Pu2, Pu3, Puercan, Tertiary, Teurian, Tiupampan
    • Shares top with
  • To1, To2, To3, Torrejonian
    • Overlaps with
  • Peligran (62.5 to 59.0 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: