ammonites

Waipipian age/stage

General information
Lower boundary: equal to 3.6 Ma (based on Piacenzian)
Upper boundary: equal to 3 Ma (see scale)
Continent: New Zealand
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See map of collections within this interval
Key correlations
Period: Neogene
Epoch: Pliocene
Subepoch: Late/Upper Pliocene
Stage: Piacenzian
10 million year bin: Cenozoic 6
Contained within
  • Yushean
  • Blancan
  • "Senecan"
  • Rexroadian
  • Pliocene
  • Wanganui
  • Neogene
  • Tertiary
  • Cenozoic
  • Phanerozoic
    • Previous intervals
  • Early/Lower Pliocene
  • Zanclean
  • Opoitian
    • Next intervals
  • Uquian
  • Mangapanian
    • Shares base with
  • Late/Upper Pliocene, Piacenzian
    • Shares top with
  • Chapadmalalan
    • Overlaps with
  • Villanyian (3.2 to 2.588 Ma)
  • MN 16 (3.2 to 2.588 Ma)
  • MN 15 (4.2 to 3.2 Ma)
  • Ruscinian (5.332 to 3.2 Ma)
    • Appears in scale
  • New Zealand Cretaceous-Cenozoic Stages (2004)

    • Interval name: