Albian

sixth and last stage and age of the Lower Cretaceous series / Early Cretaceous epoch
Thing stage Q301728
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Albian

Summary

Albian is a stage[1]. Albian has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Albian is in the country of France[3].
  • Albian's instance of is recorded as stage[4].
  • Albian's instance of is recorded as age[5].
  • Aube is named after Albian[6].
  • Albian followed Aptian[7].
  • Albian was followed by Cenomanian[8].
  • Albian is part of Early Cretaceous[9].
  • Albian is part of ICS Standard Global Chronostratigraphic (Geochronologic) Scale[10].
  • Albian's Commons category is recorded as Albian[11].
  • Albian's sRGB color hex triplet is recorded as CDE5A8[12].
  • Albian began on -113000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Albian ended on -100500000-00-00T00:00:00Z[14].
  • Albian's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 44.496605555555554, 'lon': 5.311766666666666}[15].
  • Albian's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Albian[16].
  • Albian's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17].
  • Albian's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • Albian's type locality is recorded as GSSP for the base of the Albian[19].
  • Albian's named by is recorded as Alcide d'Orbigny[20].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include stage[4] and age[5].

Origins

Aube is named after Albian[6].

Use and Application

Part of include Early Cretaceous[9], a series[21] and ICS Standard Global Chronostratigraphic (Geochronologic) Scale[10].

Why It Matters

Albian has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Albian is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2013/01. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2013/01. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . The Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Albian Stage, of the Cretaceous, the Col de Pré-Guittard section, Arnayon, Drôme, France. stratigraphy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Albian
    Followed by
    Named after Aube
    Start time -113000000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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