Miocene (23.03 Ma)
Back to Neogene (23.03 Ma)Representation and status
- Color CMYK
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- Color RGB
- R: 255 G: 255 B: 0
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Epoch
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- valid formal name
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Miozän
- Français
- Miocène
- Italiano
- Miocene
- English
- Miocene (23.03 Ma)
- Origin of the Name
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meios = less, kaïno = recent
- Historical Variants
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Miocene (Lyell 1833), Miocène = Néogène inférieur (Gignoux & Moret 1944), Miocän, Miocaen, Miozaen
Hierarchy and sequence
- Units at roof
Age
- Age at top
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- Messinian
- Age at base
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- Aquitanian
References
- Definition
- 1833) : Principles of Geology. 1st edition (
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Messinian (7.246 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the town of Messina (Italia), Sicilia.
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Stage
- Status
- valid formal name
- In short
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Last stage of the Miocene.
- Age
- late Miocene
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Tortonian (11.63 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the city of Tortona (Italia), Piemonte.
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Stage
- Status
- valid formal name
- In short
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Stage of the Late Miocene.
- Age
- late Miocene
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Serravallian (13.82 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the town of Serravalle Scrivia (Italia), Piemonte.
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Stage
- Status
- valid formal name
- In short
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Stage of the Middle Miocene.
- Age
- middle Miocene
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Langhian (15.97 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the Langhe area north of Ceva (Italy).
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Stage
- Status
- valid formal name
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- <p>le Langhe (plural)</p>
- In short
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Stage of the Middle Miocene.
- Age
- middle Miocene
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Burdigalian (20.44 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the town of Bordeaux = Burdigala (Gironde, France).
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Stage
- Status
- valid formal name
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- <p>Latin: Burdigalia</p>
- In short
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Second stage of the Miocene.
- Age
- early Miocene
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Aquitanian (23.03 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the Aquitaine region (France).
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Stage
- Status
- valid formal name
- In short
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First stage of the Miocene Series, and hence base of the Neogene System.
- Age
- early Miocene