ammonites

Late/Upper Cretaceous epoch

General information
Lower boundary: equal to 99.6 Ma (based on Cenomanian)
Upper boundary: equal to 65.5 Ma (based on Danian)
Continent: global
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Key correlations
Period: Cretaceous
Contained within
  • Phanerozoic
    • Previous intervals
  • Early/Lower Cretaceous
  • Albian
  • Late/Upper Albian
  • Motuan
    • Next intervals
  • Cenozoic
  • Tertiary
  • Paleogene
  • Paleocene
  • Early/Lower Paleocene
  • Danian
  • Dragonian
  • Puercan
  • Pu3
  • Pu2
  • Pu1
  • Tiupampan
  • Dannevirke
  • Teurian
  • MP 1 - 5
    • Contains
  • Aquilan, Arowhanan, Campanian, Coniacian, Early/Lower Campanian, Early/Lower Coniacian, Early/Lower Santonian, Early/Lower Turonian, Judithian, Late/Upper Campanian, Late/Upper Coniacian, Late/Upper Santonian, Late/Upper Turonian, Mangaotanean, Middle Campanian, Middle Coniacian, Middle Santonian, Middle Turonian, Piripauan, Raukumara, Santonian, Teratan, Turonian
    • Shares base with
  • Cenomanian, Early/Lower Cenomanian, Late/Upper Cenomanian, Middle Cenomanian, Ngaterian
    • Shares top with
  • Cretaceous, Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Edmontonian, Haumurian, Lancian, Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Maastrichtian, Mata, Mesozoic, Senonian
    • Overlaps with
  • Clarence (108.4 to 95.2 Ma)
  • Gallic (130.0 to 89.3 Ma)
    • Appears in scales
  • Gradstein 5: Epochs (2004)
  • Harland 4: Epochs (1990)

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