Berriasian | |||||||||
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Etymology | |||||||||
Name formality | Formal | ||||||||
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Celestial body | Earth | ||||||||
Regional usage | Global (ICS) | ||||||||
Time scale(s) used | ICS Time Scale | ||||||||
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Chronological unit | Age | ||||||||
Stratigraphic unit | Stage | ||||||||
Time span formality | Formal | ||||||||
Lower boundary definition | Undefined | ||||||||
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Lower boundary GSSP candidate section(s) | None | ||||||||
Upper boundary definition | Undefined | ||||||||
Upper boundary definition candidates | FAD of the Calpionellid Calpionellites darderi | ||||||||
Upper boundary GSSP candidate section(s) |
In the geological timescale, the Berriasian is an age/stage of the Early/Lower Cretaceous. It is the oldest subdivision in the entire Cretaceous. It has been taken to span the time between 145.0 ± 4.0 Ma and 139.8 ± 3.0 Ma (million years ago). The Berriasian succeeds the Tithonian (part of the Jurassic) and precedes the Valanginian.
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