ammonites

Santonian age/stage

General information
Lower boundary: equal to 85.8 Ma (see scale)
Upper boundary: equal to 83.5 Ma (see scale)
Continent: global
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Key correlations
Period: Cretaceous
Epoch: Late/Upper Cretaceous
10 million year bin: Cretaceous 6
Contained within
  • Mata
  • Senonian
  • Late/Upper Cretaceous
  • Cretaceous
  • Mesozoic
  • Phanerozoic
    • Previous intervals
  • Coniacian
  • Late/Upper Coniacian
  • Middle Coniacian
  • Early/Lower Coniacian
  • Teratan
    • Next intervals
  • Campanian
  • Late/Upper Campanian
  • Middle Campanian
  • Early/Lower Campanian
  • Judithian
  • Aquilan
  • Haumurian
    • Equivalent to
  • Piripauan
    • Contains
  • Early/Lower Santonian, Late/Upper Santonian, Middle Santonian
    • Appears in scales
  • Gradstein 7: Stages (2004)
  • Gradstein et al. 1995 Mesozoic Stages (1995)
  • Harland 6: Stages (1990)

    • Interval name: