ammonites

Middle Miocene subepoch

General information
Lower boundary: equal to 15.97 Ma (based on Langhian)
Upper boundary: equal to 11.608 Ma (based on Serravallian)
Continent: global
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Key correlations
Period: Neogene
Epoch: Miocene
10 million year bin: Cenozoic 5
Contained within
  • Miocene
  • Neogene
  • Tertiary
  • Cenozoic
  • Phanerozoic
    • Previous intervals
  • Early/Lower Miocene
  • Burdigalian
  • Hemingfordian
  • Late/Upper Hemingfordian
  • Early/Lower Hemingfordian
  • Orleanian
  • MN 4
    • Next intervals
  • Late/Upper Miocene
  • Tortonian
  • Vallesian
  • Tongaporutuan
  • Pannonian
    • Equivalent to
  • Astaracian
    • Contains
  • Badenian, Clifdenian, Colloncuran, Laventan, Lillburnian, MN 6
    • Shares base with
  • Barstovian, Early/Lower Barstovian, Langhian, MN 5, early Late Barstovian, late Late Barstovian
    • Shares top with
  • Sarmatian, Serravallian, Waiauan
    • Overlaps with
  • Mayoan (11.8 to 10.0 Ma)
  • MN 7 + 8 (12.75 to 11.1 Ma)
  • Clarendonian (13.6 to 10.3 Ma)
  • Late/Upper Clarendonian (13.6 to 10.3 Ma)
  • Early/Lower Clarendonian (13.6 to 10.3 Ma)
  • Tunggurian (13.65 to 11.1 Ma)
  • Southland (15.9 to 10.92 Ma)
  • Friasian (16.3 to 15.5 Ma)
  • Shanwangian (16.9 to 13.65 Ma)
  • Altonian (19.0 to 15.9 Ma)
  • Pareora (21.7 to 15.9 Ma)
    • Appears in scales
  • Gradstein 6: Cenozoic Subepochs (2004)
  • Harland 5: Subepochs (1990)

    • Interval name: