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Thanetian
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<p>The Thanetian is, in the <a href="/facts/International_Commission_on_Stratigraphy/sGDCGGd2">ICS</a> <a href="/facts/Geologic_timescale/vBAm0D8Q">Geologic timescale</a>, the latest <a href="/facts/Age_(geology)/qFToW7mN">age</a> or uppermost <a href="/facts/Stage_(stratigraphy)/6HActMK7">stratigraphic stage</a> of the <a href="/facts/Paleocene/IWWoh8D9">Paleocene</a> <a href="/facts/Epoch_(geology)/RhfBWrP2">Epoch</a> or <a href="/facts/Series_(stratigraphy)/KgmTDDy5">Series</a>. It spans the time between <a href="https://geoltime.github.io/?Ma=59.24">59.24</a> and <a href="https://geoltime.github.io/?Ma=56">56</a> Ma. The Thanetian is preceded by the <a href="/facts/Selandian/x7VrVfgh">Selandian</a> Age and followed by the <a href="/facts/Ypresian/KdIvHqv5">Ypresian</a> Age (part of the <a href="/facts/Eocene/EYgI8Uco">Eocene</a>). The Thanetian is sometimes referred to as the Late <a href="/facts/Paleocene/IWWoh8D9">Paleocene</a>. </p>