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Santonian

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Santonian [san′tō·nē·ən]
(geology)
A European stage of geologic time in the Upper Cretaceous, above the Coniacian and below the Campanian.


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Nature: O = Oil; G = Gas Age of Reservoir: L = Lower; M = Middle; U = Upper C = Cretaceous; Co = Coniacian; J = Jurassic; T = Triassic; Mi = Miocene; P= Paleozoic; Pa = Paleocene; S = Santonian District 11 - Diyarbakir Kayakoy (Shell) Perenco 1961 O 38.
After this date range is published, another sample of this dinosaur is unearthed in a rock bed dated to the Santonian Age of the Late Cretaceous.
For example, several new species of the cassiduloid Hardouinia have recently been identified in Santonian and Campanian deposits in the region.
 
 
 
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