ammonites

MN 4 zone

General information
Lower boundary: equal to 16.9 Ma (see scale)
Upper boundary: equal to 15.97 Ma (based on Burdigalian)
Continent: Europe
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Key correlations
Period: Neogene
Epoch: Miocene
Subepoch: Early/Lower Miocene
Stage: Burdigalian
10 million year bin: Cenozoic 5
Contained within
  • Altonian
  • Pareora
  • Miocene
  • Neogene
  • Tertiary
  • Cenozoic
  • Phanerozoic
    • Previous intervals
  • MN 3
  • Xiejiaan
    • Next intervals
  • Middle Miocene
  • Langhian
  • Barstovian
  • late Late Barstovian
  • early Late Barstovian
  • Early/Lower Barstovian
  • Astaracian
  • MN 5
    • Shares base with
  • Shanwangian
    • Shares top with
  • Burdigalian, Early/Lower Hemingfordian, Early/Lower Miocene, Hemingfordian, Late/Upper Hemingfordian, Orleanian
    • Overlaps with
  • Friasian (16.3 to 15.5 Ma)
  • Santacrucian (17.5 to 16.3 Ma)
    • Appears in scales
  • Mammal Neogene Units (2001)
  • European Faunal Zones (1996)

    • Interval name: