Burdigalian
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Burdigalian is a age of the early Miocene Epoch. It spans the time between 20.43 ± 0.05 Ma and 15.97 ± 0.05 Ma (million years ago). It is named after Burdigala, the original name for Bordeaux, France.
One famous palaeonologic locality is the Turritellenplatte of Ermingen in Germany.
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| Neogene period | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Miocene | Pliocene | Pleistocene | Holocene |
| Aquitanian | Burdigalian Langhian | Serravallian Tortonian | Messinian |
Zanclean | Piacenzian (Gelasian) |
Gelasian | Early Middle | Late |
Boreal | Atlantic |
