ammonites

Clifdenian age/stage

General information
Lower boundary: equal to 15.9 Ma (see scale)
Upper boundary: equal to 13.65 Ma (based on Langhian)
Continent: New Zealand
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See map of collections within this interval
Key correlations
Period: Neogene
Epoch: Miocene
Subepoch: Middle Miocene
Stage: Langhian
10 million year bin: Cenozoic 5
Contained within
  • Barstovian
  • late Late Barstovian
  • early Late Barstovian
  • Early/Lower Barstovian
  • Middle Miocene
  • Astaracian
  • Miocene
  • Neogene
  • Tertiary
  • Cenozoic
  • Phanerozoic
    • Previous intervals
  • Pareora
  • Altonian
    • Next intervals
  • Serravallian
  • MN 6
  • Lillburnian
  • Tunggurian
  • Badenian
    • Contains
  • Colloncuran
    • Shares base with
  • Southland
    • Shares top with
  • Langhian, MN 5, Shanwangian
    • Overlaps with
  • Laventan (13.8 to 11.8 Ma)
  • Friasian (16.3 to 15.5 Ma)
    • Appears in scale
  • New Zealand Cretaceous-Cenozoic Stages (2004)

    • Interval name: