ammonites

Pliocene epoch

General information
Lower boundary: equal to 5.332 Ma (based on Zanclean)
Upper boundary: equal to 2.588 Ma (based on Piacenzian)
Continent: global
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Key correlations
Period: Neogene
10 million year bin: Cenozoic 6
Contained within
  • Cenozoic
  • Phanerozoic
    • Previous intervals
  • Miocene
  • Late/Upper Miocene
  • Messinian
  • Turolian
  • Taranaki
  • Kapitean
    • Next intervals
  • Quaternary
  • Pleistocene
  • MN 17
  • Gelasian
  • Early/Lower Pleistocene
  • Nihewanian
    • Contains
  • Chapadmalalan, MN 14, MN 15, Waipipian
    • Shares base with
  • Early/Lower Pliocene, Opoitian, Ruscinian, Wanganui, Zanclean
    • Shares top with
  • Late/Upper Pliocene, MN 16, Neogene, Piacenzian, Tertiary, Villanyian, Yushean
    • Overlaps with
  • Uquian (3.0 to 1.2 Ma)
  • Mangapanian (3.0 to 2.4 Ma)
  • Blancan (4.9 to 1.8 Ma)
  • "Senecan" (4.9 to 1.8 Ma)
  • Rexroadian (4.9 to 1.8 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 scales
  • 2009 IUGS Cenozoic Epochs (2010)
  • Gradstein 5: Epochs (2004)
  • Harland 4: Epochs (1990)

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