ammonites

Maastrichtian age/stage

General information
Lower boundary: equal to 70.6 Ma (see scale)
Upper boundary: equal to 65.5 Ma (based on Danian)
Continent: global
See collections within this interval
See map of collections within this interval
Key correlations
Period: Cretaceous
Epoch: Late/Upper Cretaceous
10 million year bin: Cretaceous 8
Contained within
  • Phanerozoic
    • Previous intervals
  • Campanian
  • Late/Upper Campanian
  • Middle Campanian
  • Early/Lower Campanian
  • Judithian
  • Aquilan
    • Next intervals
  • Cenozoic
  • Tertiary
  • Paleogene
  • Paleocene
  • Early/Lower Paleocene
  • Danian
  • Dragonian
  • Puercan
  • Pu3
  • Pu2
  • Pu1
  • Tiupampan
  • Dannevirke
  • Teurian
  • MP 1 - 5
    • Contains
  • Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Edmontonian, Lancian, Late/Upper Maastrichtian
    • Shares top with
  • Cretaceous, Haumurian, Late/Upper Cretaceous, Mata, Mesozoic, Senonian
    • Appears in scales
  • Gradstein 7: Stages (2004)
  • Gradstein et al. 1995 Mesozoic Stages (1995)
  • Harland 6: Stages (1990)

    • Interval name: