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113 – 100 MA

Age · Early Cretaceous

Albian

113–100 Ma

The Albian is an age within the Early Cretaceous, spanning roughly 113 to 100 million years ago.

Rankage· Macrostrat
Base113 Ma· Macrostrat
Top100 Ma· Macrostrat
Duration12.7 Myr· Macrostrat
ChartICS International Chronostratigraphic Chart v2023/09 (ages from Macrostrat/PBDB interval tables)

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Cite this article

Stratum Strata. "Albian" (Time interval). Stratum Strata pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-21. https://stratum.black/strata/time/albian. Accessed 2026-09-21.

BibTeX · CSL-JSON

@misc{stratum-albian,
  title        = {Albian},
  author       = {{Stratum Strata}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://stratum.black/strata/time/albian}},
  year         = {2026},
  note         = {Time interval article, Stratum Strata pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-21; sources: stratum, macrostrat, pbdb. Accessed 2026-09-21.}
}

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