ammonites

Late/Upper Eocene subepoch

General information
Lower boundary: equal to 37.2 Ma (based on Priabonian)
Upper boundary: equal to 33.9 Ma (based on Priabonian)
Continent: global
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Key correlations
Period: Paleogene
Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Priabonian
10 million year bin: Cenozoic 3
Contained within
  • Paleogene
  • Tertiary
  • Cenozoic
  • Phanerozoic
    • Previous intervals
  • Middle Eocene
  • Bartonian
  • Duchesnean
  • Bortonian
  • Sharamurunian
  • Irdinmanhan
  • Arshantan
  • MP 16
    • Next intervals
  • Oligocene
  • Early/Lower Oligocene
  • Rupelian
  • Orellan
  • Hsandagolian
  • Kekeamuan
  • MP 25
  • MP 24
  • MP 23
  • MP 22
  • MP 21
    • Equivalent to
  • Priabonian, Chadronian
    • Contains
  • Early/Lower Chadronian, Ergilian, Houldjinian, Late/Upper Chadronian, MP 17A, MP 17B, MP 18, MP 19, MP 20, Middle Chadronian, Runangan, Ulangochuian
    • Shares base with
  • Kaiatan
    • Shares top with
  • Eocene
    • Overlaps with
  • Landon (34.3 to 21.7 Ma)
  • Whaingaroan (34.3 to 27.3 Ma)
  • Tinguirirican (36.0 to 29.0 Ma)
  • Divisaderan (42.0 to 36.0 Ma)
  • Arnold (43.0 to 34.3 Ma)
    • Appears in scales
  • Gradstein 6: Cenozoic Subepochs (2004)
  • Harland 5: Subepochs (1990)

    • Interval name: