Miocene (23.03 Ma)

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Representation and status

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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

meios = less, kaïno = recent

Historical Variants

Miocene (Lyell 1833), Miocène = Néogène inférieur (Gignoux & Moret 1944), Miocän, Miocaen, Miozaen

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units
Units at roof

Age

Age at top
  • Messinian
Age at base
  • Aquitanian

References

Definition
Lyell Charles (1833) : Principles of Geology. 1st edition

  • Messinian (7.246 Ma)

    Name Origin

    Named after the town of Messina (Italia), Sicilia.

    Rank
    chronostratigraphic Stage
    Status
    valid formal name
    In short

    Last stage of the Miocene.

    Age
    late Miocene
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  • Tortonian (11.63 Ma)

    Name Origin

    Named after the city of Tortona (Italia), Piemonte.

    Rank
    chronostratigraphic Stage
    Status
    valid formal name
    In short

    Stage of the Late Miocene.

    Age
    late Miocene
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  • Serravallian (13.82 Ma)

    Name Origin

    Named after the town of Serravalle Scrivia (Italia), Piemonte.

    Rank
    chronostratigraphic Stage
    Status
    valid formal name
    In short

    Stage of the Middle Miocene.

    Age
    middle Miocene
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  • Langhian (15.97 Ma)

    Name Origin

    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

    Stage of the Middle Miocene.

    Age
    middle Miocene
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    • Nördlinger-Ries-Impakt

      Status
      local name (informal)
      In short
      Meteorischer Impakt im Grenzgebiet zwischen Schwäbischer Alb und Fränkischer Alb, der durch Coesit-führende Impaktite (insb. Suevit = Schwabenstein) und Tektite (sog. Moldavit) bewiesen wurde.
      Age
      Langhian
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  • Burdigalian (20.44 Ma)

    Name Origin

    Named after the town of Bordeaux = Burdigala (Gironde, France).

    Rank
    chronostratigraphic Stage
    Status
    valid formal name
    Nomenclatorial Remarks
    <p>Latin: Burdigalia</p>
    In short

    Second stage of the Miocene.

    Age
    early Miocene
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  • Aquitanian (23.03 Ma)

    Name Origin

    Named after the Aquitaine region (France).

    Rank
    chronostratigraphic Stage
    Status
    valid formal name
    In short

    First stage of the Miocene Series, and hence base of the Neogene System.

    Age
    early Miocene
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