Coniacian

System/ Period
Series/ Epoch
Stage/ Age
Age (Ma)
Age (Ma)
Paleogene
Paleocene
Danian
younger
younger
Cretaceous
Upper/ Late
Maastrichtian
66.0
72.1
Cretaceous
Upper/ Late
Campanian
72.1
83.6
Cretaceous
Upper/ Late
Santonian
83.6
86.3
Cretaceous
Upper/ Late
Coniacian
86.3
89.8
Cretaceous
Upper/ Late
Turonian
89.8
93.9
Cretaceous
Upper/ Late
Cenomanian
93.9
100.5
Cretaceous
Lower/ Early
Albian
100.5
~113.0
Cretaceous
Lower/ Early
Aptian
~113.0
~125.0
Cretaceous
Lower/ Early
Barremian
~125.0
~129.4
Cretaceous
Lower/ Early
Hauterivian
~129.4
~132.9
Cretaceous
Lower/ Early
Valanginian
~132.9
~139.8
Cretaceous
Lower/ Early
Berriasian
~139.8
~145.0
Jurassic
Upper/ Late
Tithonian
older
older
Subdivision of the Cretaceous system according to the ICS, as of 2017.
Subdivision of the Cretaceous system according to the ICS, as of 2017.
Subdivision of the Cretaceous system according to the ICS, as of 2017.
Subdivision of the Cretaceous system according to the ICS, as of 2017.
Subdivision of the Cretaceous system according to the ICS, as of 2017.

Question: What are the characteristics of Coniacian?
Answer: Coniacian is a subdivision of the Late Cretaceous epoch or Upper Cretaceous series and spans the time between 89.8 ± 1 Ma and 86.3 ± 0.7 Ma.