Neogene (23.03 Ma)

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Representation and status

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Rank
chronostratigraphic Period
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
valid formal name

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Neogen
Français
Néogène
Italiano
Neogene
English
Neogene (23.03 Ma)
Origin of the Name

neos = new , genos = birth

Historical Variants

--- (Hoernes 1853), Système néogène (Revil 1911), Tertiaire supérieur = Néogène (Gignoux & Moret 1944), Néogène (Denizot et al. 1957), Jungtertiär, jüngeres Tertiär

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units
Units at roof

Age

Age at top
  • Piacenzian
Age at base
  • Aquitanian

  • Pliocene (5.333 Ma)

    Name Origin

    plios = plus , kaïno = récent

    Rank
    chronostratigraphic Epoch
    Status
    valid formal name
    Age
    Zanclean
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    • Piacenzian (3.600 Ma)

      Name Origin

      Named after the village of Piacenzia (Italia).

      Rank
      chronostratigraphic Stage
      Status
      valid formal name
      Age
      late Pliocene
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    • Zanclean (5.333 Ma)

      Name Origin

      Derived from Zancla, the pre-Roman name for the town of Messina in Sicily (Italy).

      Rank
      chronostratigraphic Stage
      Status
      valid formal name
      In short

      First stage of the Pliocene.

      Age
      Pliocene
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  • Miocene (23.03 Ma)

    Name Origin

    meios = less, kaïno = recent

    Rank
    chronostratigraphic Epoch
    Status
    valid formal name
    Age
    Aquitanian
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    • 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
      spätes Miozän
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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
      spätes Miozän
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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
      mittleres Miozän
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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
      mittleres Miozän
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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
      frühes Miozän
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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
      frühes Miozän
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