Gallic epoch
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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The Gallic epoch is an obsolete epoch of the Mesozoic Era's Cretaceous, the latter being a geologic period and system that spans 79 million years from the end of the Jurassic Period Expression error: Unexpected round operator million years ago (mya) to the beginning of the Paleogene Period Expression error: Unexpected round operator mya. The Gallic epoch encompasses the Barremian, Aptian, Albian, Cenomanian and Turonian faunal stages (125.77-89.8 ± 0.3 mya).
In the system of the International Commission on Stratigraphy, the Gallic corresponds to the later part of the Early Cretaceous epoch and the early part of the Late Cretaceous.