The Burdigalian is, in the geologic timescale, an age or stage in the early Miocene.
Preceded by the Aquitanian, the Burdigalian was the first and longest warming period of the Miocene[4] and is succeeded by the Langhian.
The Burdigalian Stage was introduced in scientific literature by Charles Depéret in 1892.
The base of the Burdigalian is at the first appearance of foram species Globigerinoides altiaperturus and the top of magnetic chronozone C6An.
Famous Burdigalian palaeontologic localities include the Turritellenplatte of Ermingen in Germany and the Dominican amber deposits of Hispaniola.