The Aquitanian is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy 's (ICS) geologic timescale , the oldest age or lowest stage in the Miocene . It spans the time between 23.03 ± 0.05 Ma and 20.43 ± 0.05 Ma (million years ago) during the Early Miocene . It was a dry, cooling period. The Aquitanian succeeds the Chattian (the youngest age of the Oligocene ) and precedes the Burdigalian .
4-486: Aquitanian may refer to: Aquitanian (stage) , a geological age, the first stage of the Miocene Epoch Aquitanian language , an ancient language spoken in the region later known as Gascony Aquitani (or Aquitanians), were a people living in what is now Nouvelle-Aquitaine and southwestern Midi-Pyrenees, France Anything originating from Aquitaine ,
8-460: A region of France Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Aquitanian . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aquitanian&oldid=1194650880 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
12-570: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Language and nationality disambiguation pages Aquitanian (stage) The Aquitanian Age overlaps with the Harrisonian , Agenian , Pareora , Landon, Otaian, and Waitakian Ages from various regional timescales. The Aquitanian Stage was named after the Aquitaine region in France and
16-597: Was introduced in scientific literature by Swiss stratigrapher Karl Mayer-Eymar in 1858. The base of the Aquitanian (also the base of the Miocene Series and the Neogene System ) is defined as the place in the stratigraphic column at the first appearance of foram species Paragloborotalia kugleri , the extinction of calcareous nanoplankton species Reticulofenestra bisecta (which forms
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