Burdigalian

Burdigalian
Burdigalian
Chronology
←	Messinian salinity crisis
←	North American prairie expands
	Subdivision of the Neogene according to the ICS, as of 2021.; Vertical axis: millions of years ago.;
Formerly part of	Tertiary Period/System
Etymology
Name formality	Formal
Usage information
Celestial body	Earth
Regional usage	Global (ICS)
Time scale(s) used	ICS Time Scale
Definition
Chronological unit	Age
Stratigraphic unit	Stage
Time span formality	Formal
Lower boundary definition	Not formally defined
Lower boundary definition candidates	Near FAD of the Planktonic Foraminiferan Globigerinoides altiaperturus; Near top of magnetic polarity chronozone C6An;
Lower boundary GSSP candidate section(s)	Astronomically tuned ODP-core
Upper boundary definition	Not formally defined
Upper boundary definition candidates	Near top of magnetic polarity chronozone C5Cn.1n; Near FAD of the Planktonic Foraminiferan Praeorbulina glomerosa;
Upper boundary GSSP candidate section(s)	La Vedova, Italy; St. Peter's Pool, Malta; Astronomically tuned ODP-core;

The Burdigalian is, in the geologic timescale, an age or stage in the early Miocene. It spans the time between 20.43 ± 0.05 Ma and 15.97 ± 0.05 Ma (million years ago). Preceded by the Aquitanian, the Burdigalian was the first and longest warming period of the Miocene and is succeeded by the Langhian.

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