The Thanetian is, in the ICS Geologic timescale, the latest age or uppermost stratigraphic stage of the Paleocene Epoch or Series. It spans the time between...
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million years ago (mya), the Selandian spanning 61.6 to 59.2 mya, and the Thanetian spanning 59.2 to 56 mya. It is succeeded by the Eocene. The K–Pg boundary...
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Eocene. It spans the time between 56 and 48.07 Ma, is preceded by the Thanetian Age (part of the Paleocene) and is followed by the Eocene Lutetian Age...
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61.66 and 59.24 Ma. It is preceded by the Danian and followed by the Thanetian. Sometimes the Paleocene is subdivided in subepochs, in which the Selandian...
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Anachronornis is a genus of extinct bird from the Late Paleocene (Thanetian) of North America. One species has been described, Anachronornis anhimops...
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particularly Caranx and Seriola, which extend into the early Paleogene (late Thanetian), and are known from whole and incomplete specimens, skeletal fragments...
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extinct genus of early Proboscidea found in the Ouled Abdoun basin (early Thanetian age), Morocco. It lived about 60 million years ago. It was first named...
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three stages: the Danian 66.0 - 61.6 Ma; Selandian 61.6 - 59.2 Ma; and, Thanetian 59.2 - 56.0 Ma. The GSSP for the base of the Cenozoic, Paleogene and Paleocene...
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Phosphates of the Ouled Abdoun Basin dating from the Selandian to the Thanetian. Only the type species H. phosphaticus is known for this genus, with the...
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is found in the fossil record from 59-55 million years ago, during the Thanetian age. One distinguishing feature of this genus is a single rooted 4th premolar...
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passerines, ruminants, pangolins, bats and true primates. 56 * Paleocene Thanetian Starts with Chicxulub impact and the K–Pg extinction event, wiping out...
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Sand dollar (category Extant Thanetian first appearances)
Sand dollars (also known as sea cookies or snapper biscuits in New Zealand and Brazil, or pansy shells in South Africa) are species of flat, burrowing...
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Armadillo (category Extant Thanetian first appearances)
Armadillos (Spanish for 'little armored ones') are New World placental mammals in the order Cingulata. They form part of the superorder Xenarthra, along...
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Triassic Jurassic Cretaceous Cenozoic Paleogene Paleocene Danian Selandian Thanetian Eocene Oligocene Neogene Miocene Aquitanian Burdigalian Langhian Serravallian...
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Primate (category Extant Thanetian first appearances)
Primates is an order of mammals, which is further divided into the strepsirrhines, which include lemurs, galagos, and lorisids; and the haplorhines, which...
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Palaeothunnus is an extinct genus of prehistoric tuna that lived during the Thanetian stage of the Paleocene epoch. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of...
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Aatotomus is an extinct genus of pantolestid that lived during the Thanetian stage of the Palaeocene epoch. Aatotomus placochton is known from fossils...
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Titanoboa (category Thanetian life)
Titanoboa (/ˌtaɪtənəˈboʊə/; lit. 'titanic boa') is an extinct genus of giant boid (the family that includes all boas and anacondas) snake that lived during...
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Hainina sp. - Densus-Ciula Formation, Maastrichtian and Jibou Formation, Thanetian, Romania Kielan-Jaworowska & Hurum, 2001, p. 409 Hainina at Fossilworks...
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China. Prionessus fossils range from 59-55 million years ago, through the Thanetian age of the late Paleocene. They were estimated to have had a body mass...
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Pelagic cod Temporal range: Thanetian to Present Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata...
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Thanet Formation (category Thanetian Stage)
found in the London Basin of southeastern England. It is of early to mid-Thanetian (late Paleocene) age and gave its name to that stratigraphic interval...
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the earliest horizons of this formation dated to the latest Paleocene (Thanetian). However, more recent studies have found the formation's sapropel to...
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discrete drainage line flowing as early as 58 million years ago, in the Thanetian stage of the late Palaeocene epoch. Until around 500,000 years ago, the...
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Cyclurus (category Thanetian genera)
Cyclurus (Ancient Greek for "rounded tail") is an extinct genus of freshwater amiid ray-finned fish known from the Late Cretaceous to the Early Oligocene...
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Protorhamphosus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Thanetian stage of the Paleocene epoch. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of...
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otoliths resembling those of modern pleuronectiforms dating back to the Thanetian and Ypresian stages (57-53 million years ago). Flatfishes have been cited...
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Sections and Points for the bases of the Selandian (Middle Paleocene) and Thanetian (Upper Paleocene Paleocene) stages at Zumaia, Spain". Episodes. 34 (4):...
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Golerdelphys is an extinct genus of herpetotheriid that lived during the Thanetian stage of the Palaeocene epoch. Golerdelphys stocki is known from fossils...
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Corydoras (category Extant Thanetian first appearances)
Corydoras is a genus of freshwater catfish in the family Callichthyidae and subfamily Corydoradinae. The species usually have more restricted areas of...
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