The
Burdigalian is, in the
geologic timescale, an
age or
stage in the early
Miocene. It spans the time between 20.43 ± 0.05
Ma and 15.97 ± 0.05 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.