Tortonian

Summary

Tortonian is an age^[1]. Tortonian has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Tortonian's instance of is recorded as age^[3].
• Tortonian's instance of is recorded as stage^[4].
• Tortona is named after Tortonian^[5].
• Tortonian followed Serravallian^[6].
• Tortonian was followed by Messinian^[7].
• Tortonian is part of Miocene^[8].
• Tortonian is part of Late Miocene^[9].
• Tortonian is part of ICS Standard Global Chronostratigraphic (Geochronologic) Scale^[10].
• Tortonian's Commons category is recorded as Tortonian^[11].
• Tortonian's sRGB color hex triplet is recorded as FEF47D^[12].
• Tortonian began on -11630000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[13].
• Tortonian ended on -7246000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[14].
• Tortonian's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 43.587292, 'lon': 13.5661724}^[15].
• Tortonian's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tortonian^[16].
• Tortonian's partially coincident with is recorded as Astaracian^[17].
• Tortonian's partially coincident with is recorded as Vallesian^[18].
• Tortonian's partially coincident with is recorded as Turolian^[19].
• Tortonian's type locality is recorded as GSSP for the base of the Tortonian^[20].
• Tortonian's named by is recorded as Karl Mayer-Eymar^[21].
• Tortonian's significant place is recorded as Monte dei Corvi^[22].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include age^[3] and stage^[4].

Origins

Tortona is named after Tortonian^[5].

Use and Application

Part of include Miocene^[8], an epoch^[23]; Late Miocene^[9], a subepoch^[24]; and ICS Standard Global Chronostratigraphic (Geochronologic) Scale^[10].

Why It Matters

Tortonian has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Tortonian is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[25]