ammonites

Villanyian age/stage

General information
Lower boundary: equal to 3.2 Ma (based on MN 16)
Upper boundary: equal to 2.588 Ma (based on Piacenzian)
Continent: Europe
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Key correlations
Period: Neogene
Epoch: Pliocene
Subepoch: Late/Upper Pliocene
Stage: Piacenzian
10 million year bin: Cenozoic 6
Contained within
  • Blancan
  • "Senecan"
  • Rexroadian
  • Wanganui
  • Cenozoic
  • Phanerozoic
    • Previous intervals
  • Ruscinian
  • MN 15
    • Next intervals
  • Quaternary
  • Pleistocene
  • MN 17
  • Gelasian
  • Early/Lower Pleistocene
  • Nihewanian
    • Equivalent to
  • MN 16
    • Shares top with
  • Late/Upper Pliocene, Neogene, Piacenzian, Pliocene, Tertiary, Yushean
    • Overlaps with
  • Uquian (3.0 to 1.2 Ma)
  • Mangapanian (3.0 to 2.4 Ma)
  • Waipipian (3.6 to 3.0 Ma)
  • Chapadmalalan (4.0 to 3.0 Ma)
    • Appears in scale
  • European Faunal Units (1996)

    • Interval name: