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DANIAN [1 record]

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Record 1 2013-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chronology
  • Geology
CONT

According to stratigraphic rules, the definition of the lowermost stage of the Paleogene, the Danian, also defines the bases of the Paleocene Series, the Paleogene System, of the Tertiary and of the Cenozoic Erathem.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chronologie
  • Géologie
DEF

Dernier étage de l'ère tertiaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cronología
  • Geología
DEF

Piso superior del cretácico o, según otros autores, piso inferior del paleoceno. Es posterior al maestrichtiense y anterior al montiense y data de 63 millones de años.

OBS

Viene su nombre de Dinamarca.

OBS

Pese a que la fuente citada escribe los nombres de los períodos geológicos con minúscula, el Diccionario de dudas de la Real Academia Española señala que tales sustantivos deben escribirse con mayúscula.

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