ammonites

Paleocene epoch

General information
Lower boundary: equal to 65.5 Ma (based on Danian)
Upper boundary: equal to 55.8 Ma (based on Thanetian)
Continent: global
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See map of collections within this interval
Key correlations
Period: Paleogene
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
  • Eocene
  • Early/Lower Eocene
  • Ypresian
  • Wasatchian
  • Lostcabinian
  • Lysitean
  • Graybullian
  • Sandcouleean
  • Casamayoran
  • Waipawan
  • Bumbanian
  • MP 10
  • MP 8 + 9
  • MP 7
    • Equivalent to
  • Teurian
    • Contains
  • Itaboraian, MP 1 - 5, Middle Paleocene, Peligran, Selandian, Ti1, Ti2, Ti3, Ti4, Ti5, Ti6, Tiffanian, To1, To2, To3, Torrejonian
    • Shares base with
  • Cenozoic, Danian, Dannevirke, Dragonian, Early/Lower Paleocene, Paleogene, Pu1, Pu2, Pu3, Puercan, Tertiary, Tiupampan
    • Shares top with
  • Cf1, Cf2, Cf3, Clarkforkian, Gashatan, Late/Upper Paleocene, MP 6, Riochican, Thanetian
    • Appears in scales
  • 2009 IUGS Cenozoic Epochs (2010)
  • Gradstein 5: Epochs (2004)
  • Harland 4: Epochs (1990)

    • Interval name: