ammonites

Kapitean age/stage

General information
Lower boundary: equal to 6.5 Ma (see scale)
Upper boundary: equal to 5.332 Ma (based on Messinian)
Continent: New Zealand
See collections within this interval
See map of collections within this interval
Key correlations
Period: Neogene
Epoch: Miocene
Subepoch: Late/Upper Miocene
Stage: Messinian
10 million year bin: Cenozoic 6
Contained within
  • Montehermosan
  • MN 13
  • Hemphillian
  • Late/Upper Hemphillian
  • late Early Hemphillian
  • early Early Hemphillian
  • Baodean
  • Neogene
  • Tertiary
  • Cenozoic
  • Phanerozoic
    • Previous interval
  • Tongaporutuan
    • Next intervals
  • Pliocene
  • Early/Lower Pliocene
  • Zanclean
  • Ruscinian
  • Wanganui
  • Opoitian
    • Shares top with
  • Late/Upper Miocene, Messinian, Miocene, Taranaki, Turolian
    • Appears in scale
  • New Zealand Cretaceous-Cenozoic Stages (2004)

    • Interval name: