Priabonian Stage

Priabonian Stage

      the uppermost division of Eocene (Eocene Epoch) rocks, representing all rocks deposited worldwide during the Priabonian Age (37.2 million to 33.9 million years ago) of the Paleogene Period (65.5 million to 23 million years ago). The Priabonian Stage is named for Priabona in the Vicenza province of northern Italy.

      The lower boundary of the Priabonian Stage coincides with the first appearance of the calcerous nannoplankton (a single-celled, photosynthetic organism with a shell made up of calcium carbonate plates called coccoliths (coccolith)) Chiasmolithus oamaruensis. The upper boundary matches the extinction level of the foraminiferan (pseudopod-using unicellular organism protected by a test or shell) Turborotalia cerroazulensis. The Priabonian Stage overlies the Bartonian Stage and underlies the Rupelian Stage.

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