ammonites

Aquitanian age/stage

General information
Lower boundary: equal to 23.03 Ma (see scale)
Upper boundary: equal to 20.43 Ma (see scale)
Continent: global
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See map of collections within this interval
Key correlations
Period: Neogene
Epoch: Miocene
Subepoch: Early/Lower Miocene
10 million year bin: Cenozoic 5
Contained within
  • Tertiary
  • Cenozoic
  • Phanerozoic
    • Previous intervals
  • Paleogene
  • Oligocene
  • Late/Upper Oligocene
  • Chattian
  • Tabenbulakian
  • Hsandagolian
  • MP 30
  • MP 29
  • MP 28
  • MP 27
  • MP 26
  • MP 25
    • Next intervals
  • Burdigalian
  • Hemingfordian
  • Late/Upper Hemingfordian
  • Early/Lower Hemingfordian
    • Shares base with
  • Agenian, Early/Lower Miocene, MN 1, Miocene, Neogene, Xiejiaan
    • Shares top with
  • Arikareean, Harrisonian, early Early Arikareean, early Late Arikareean, late Early Arikareean, late Late Arikareean
    • Overlaps with
  • Colhuehuapian (21.0 to 17.5 Ma)
  • Pareora (21.7 to 15.9 Ma)
  • Otaian (21.7 to 19.0 Ma)
  • MN 2 (22.4 to 20.0 Ma)
  • Waitakian (25.2 to 21.7 Ma)
  • Deseadan (29.0 to 21.0 Ma)
  • Landon (34.3 to 21.7 Ma)
    • Appears in scales
  • 2009 IUGS Cenozoic Ages (2010)
  • Gradstein 7: Stages (2004)
  • Berggren et al. 1995 Cenozoic Stages (1995)
  • Harland 6: Stages (1990)

    • Interval name: