ammonites

Early/Lower Miocene subepoch

General information
Lower boundary: equal to 23.03 Ma (based on Aquitanian)
Upper boundary: equal to 15.97 Ma (based on Burdigalian)
Continent: global
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See map of collections within this interval
Key correlations
Period: Neogene
Epoch: 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
  • Middle Miocene
  • Langhian
  • Barstovian
  • late Late Barstovian
  • early Late Barstovian
  • Early/Lower Barstovian
  • Astaracian
  • MN 5
    • Contains
  • Colhuehuapian, MN 2, MN 3, Otaian, Santacrucian
    • Shares base with
  • Agenian, Aquitanian, MN 1, Miocene, Neogene, Xiejiaan
    • Shares top with
  • Burdigalian, Early/Lower Hemingfordian, Hemingfordian, Late/Upper Hemingfordian, MN 4, Orleanian
    • Overlaps with
  • Friasian (16.3 to 15.5 Ma)
  • Shanwangian (16.9 to 13.65 Ma)
  • Altonian (19.0 to 15.9 Ma)
  • Pareora (21.7 to 15.9 Ma)
  • Harrisonian (24.8 to 20.43 Ma)
  • Waitakian (25.2 to 21.7 Ma)
  • Deseadan (29.0 to 21.0 Ma)
  • Arikareean (30.8 to 20.43 Ma)
  • late Late Arikareean (30.8 to 20.43 Ma)
  • early Late Arikareean (30.8 to 20.43 Ma)
  • late Early Arikareean (30.8 to 20.43 Ma)
  • early Early Arikareean (30.8 to 20.43 Ma)
  • Landon (34.3 to 21.7 Ma)
    • Appears in scales
  • Gradstein 6: Cenozoic Subepochs (2004)
  • Harland 5: Subepochs (1990)

    • Interval name: