Santonian

fourth stage and age of the Upper Cretaceous series/Late Cretaceous epoch
Thing stage Q257290
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Santonian

Summary

Santonian is a stage[1]. Santonian has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Santonian is in the country of Spain[3].
  • Santonian's instance of is recorded as stage[4].
  • Santonian's instance of is recorded as age[5].
  • Saintes is named after Santonian[6].
  • Santonian followed Coniacian[7].
  • Santonian was followed by Campanian[8].
  • Santonian is part of Late Cretaceous[9].
  • Santonian is part of ICS Standard Global Chronostratigraphic (Geochronologic) Scale[10].
  • Santonian's sRGB color hex triplet is recorded as DEE78A[11].
  • Santonian began on -86300000-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Santonian ended on -83600000-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Santonian's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 42.8668, 'lon': -2.1968}[14].
  • Santonian's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Santonian[15].
  • Santonian's type locality is recorded as GSSP for the base of the Santonian[16].
  • Santonian's named by is recorded as Henri Coquand[17].
  • Santonian's significant place is recorded as Olazti/Olazagutía[18].

Body

Definition and Type

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

Origins

Saintes is named after Santonian[6].

Use and Application

Part of include Late Cretaceous[9], a series[19] and ICS Standard Global Chronostratigraphic (Geochronologic) Scale[10].

Why It Matters

Santonian has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Santonian is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2013/01. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2013/01. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2013/01. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2013/01. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2013/01. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . stratigraphy.org. stratigraphy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . stratigraphy.org. stratigraphy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Santonian
    Followed by
    Named after Saintes
    Start time -86300000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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