ammonites

Pareora epoch

General information
Lower boundary: equal to 21.7 Ma (see scale)
Upper boundary: equal to 15.9 Ma (see scale)
Continent: New Zealand
See collections within this interval
See map of collections within this interval
Key correlations
Period: Neogene
Epoch: Miocene
10 million year bin: Cenozoic 5
Contained within
  • Miocene
  • Neogene
  • Tertiary
  • Cenozoic
  • Phanerozoic
    • Previous intervals
  • Landon
  • Waitakian
    • Next intervals
  • Southland
  • Clifdenian
    • Contains
  • Burdigalian, Colhuehuapian, Early/Lower Hemingfordian, Hemingfordian, Late/Upper Hemingfordian, MN 3, MN 4, Orleanian, Santacrucian
    • Shares base with
  • Otaian
    • Shares top with
  • Altonian
    • Overlaps with
  • Middle Miocene (15.97 to 11.608 Ma)
  • Astaracian (15.97 to 11.608 Ma)
  • Barstovian (15.97 to 13.6 Ma)
  • late Late Barstovian (15.97 to 13.6 Ma)
  • early Late Barstovian (15.97 to 13.6 Ma)
  • Early/Lower Barstovian (15.97 to 13.6 Ma)
  • Langhian (15.97 to 13.65 Ma)
  • MN 5 (15.97 to 13.65 Ma)
  • Friasian (16.3 to 15.5 Ma)
  • Shanwangian (16.9 to 13.65 Ma)
  • MN 2 (22.4 to 20.0 Ma)
  • Early/Lower Miocene (23.03 to 15.97 Ma)
  • Xiejiaan (23.03 to 16.9 Ma)
  • Agenian (23.03 to 20.0 Ma)
  • Aquitanian (23.03 to 20.43 Ma)
  • Harrisonian (24.8 to 20.43 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)
    • Appears in scale
  • New Zealand Series (2004)

    • Interval name: