ammonites

Cretaceous period

General information
Lower boundary: equal to 145.5 Ma (based on Taitai)
Upper boundary: equal to 65.5 Ma (based on Danian)
Continent: global
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Contained within
  • Phanerozoic
    • Previous intervals
  • Jurassic
  • Late/Upper Jurassic
  • Tithonian
  • Late/Upper Tithonian
  • Middle Tithonian
  • Early/Lower Tithonian
  • Oteke
  • Puaroan
    • Next intervals
  • Cenozoic
  • Tertiary
  • Paleogene
  • Paleocene
  • Early/Lower Paleocene
  • Danian
  • Dragonian
  • Puercan
  • Pu3
  • Pu2
  • Pu1
  • Tiupampan
  • Dannevirke
  • Teurian
  • MP 1 - 5
    • Contains
  • Albian, Aptian, Aquilan, Arowhanan, Barremian, Campanian, Cenomanian, Clarence, Coniacian, Early/Lower Albian, Early/Lower Aptian, Early/Lower Barremian, Early/Lower Campanian, Early/Lower Cenomanian, Early/Lower Coniacian, Early/Lower Hauterivian, Early/Lower Santonian, Early/Lower Turonian, Early/Lower Valanginian, Gallic, Hauterivian, Judithian, Korangan, Late/Upper Albian, Late/Upper Aptian, Late/Upper Barremian, Late/Upper Campanian, Late/Upper Cenomanian, Late/Upper Coniacian, Late/Upper Hauterivian, Late/Upper Santonian, Late/Upper Turonian, Late/Upper Valanginian, Mangaotanean, Middle Albian, Middle Campanian, Middle Cenomanian, Middle Coniacian, Middle Santonian, Middle Turonian, Motuan, Ngaterian, Piripauan, Raukumara, Santonian, Teratan, Turonian, Urutawan, Valanginian
    • Shares base with
  • Berriasian, Early/Lower Berriasian, Early/Lower Cretaceous, Late/Upper Berriasian, Middle Berriasian, Neocomian, Taitai
    • Shares top with
  • Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Edmontonian, Haumurian, Lancian, Late/Upper Cretaceous, Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Maastrichtian, Mata, Mesozoic, Senonian
    • Overlaps with
  • Sherman (457.5 to 112.03 Ma)
    • Appears in scales
  • Gradstein 3: Periods (2004)
  • Harland 2: Periods (1990)

    • Interval name: