ammonites

Opoitian age/stage

General information
Lower boundary: equal to 5.332 Ma (based on Zanclean)
Upper boundary: equal to 3.6 Ma (based on Zanclean)
Continent: New Zealand
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Key correlations
Period: Neogene
Epoch: Pliocene
Subepoch: Early/Lower Pliocene
Stage: Zanclean
10 million year bin: Cenozoic 6
Contained within
  • Neogene
  • Tertiary
  • Cenozoic
  • Phanerozoic
    • Previous intervals
  • Miocene
  • Late/Upper Miocene
  • Messinian
  • Turolian
  • Taranaki
  • Kapitean
    • Next intervals
  • Late/Upper Pliocene
  • Piacenzian
  • Waipipian
    • Equivalent to
  • Early/Lower Pliocene, Zanclean
    • Contains
  • MN 14
    • Shares base with
  • Pliocene, Ruscinian, Wanganui
    • Overlaps with
  • Chapadmalalan (4.0 to 3.0 Ma)
  • MN 15 (4.2 to 3.2 Ma)
  • Blancan (4.9 to 1.8 Ma)
  • "Senecan" (4.9 to 1.8 Ma)
  • Rexroadian (4.9 to 1.8 Ma)
  • Yushean (4.9 to 2.588 Ma)
  • Montehermosan (6.8 to 4.0 Ma)
  • MN 13 (7.246 to 4.9 Ma)
  • Hemphillian (10.3 to 4.9 Ma)
  • Late/Upper Hemphillian (10.3 to 4.9 Ma)
  • late Early Hemphillian (10.3 to 4.9 Ma)
  • early Early Hemphillian (10.3 to 4.9 Ma)
  • Baodean (11.1 to 4.9 Ma)
    • Appears in scale
  • New Zealand Cretaceous-Cenozoic Stages (2004)

    • Interval name: