Back Maastricht (tydperk) Afrikaans الماسترخي Arabic Maastrichianu AST Maastrichtià Catalan Maastrichtium German Maastrichtian English Mastriĥta Esperanto Maastrichtiense Spanish Maastrichtiar Basque ماستریختین Persian
The Maastrichtian is, in the ICS geologic timescale, the latest age of the Upper Cretaceous. It spanned the interval from 72.1 to 66 million years ago. The breakup of Pangaea was nearly complete in the Maastrichtian, with Australia beginning to break away from Antarctica and Madagascar breaking away from India. However, Arabia had not yet rifted away from Africa. North America was separated from Europe by rift basins, but seabed spreading had not yet commenced between the two continents.