Burdigalian

Formerly part ofTertiaryPeriod/SystemEtymologyName formalityFormalUsage informationCelestial bodyEarthRegional usageGlobal (ICS)Time scale(s) usedICS Time ScaleDefinitionChronological unitAgeStratigraphic unitStageTime span formalityFormalLower boundary definitionNot formally definedLower boundary definition candidates

• Near FAD of the Planktonic ForaminiferanGlobigerinoides altiaperturus
• Near top of magnetic polarity chronozone C6An

Lower boundary GSSP candidate section(s)Astronomically tuned ODP-coreUpper boundary definitionNot formally definedUpper boundary definition candidates

• Near top of magnetic polarity chronozone C5Cn.1n
• Near FAD of the Planktonic Foraminiferan

Upper boundary GSSP candidate section(s)

• , Italy
• St. Peter's Pool, Malta
• Astronomically tuned ODP-core

The Burdigalian is, in the geologic timescale, an age or stage in the early Miocene. It spans the time between 20.45 Ma and 15.98 Ma (million years ago). Preceded by the Aquitanian, the Burdigalian was the first and longest warming period of the Miocene and is succeeded by the Langhian.