ammonites

Tortonian age/stage

General information
Lower boundary: equal to 11.608 Ma (see scale)
Upper boundary: equal to 7.246 Ma (see scale)
Continent: global
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See map of collections within this interval
Key correlations
Period: Neogene
Epoch: Miocene
Subepoch: Late/Upper Miocene
10 million year bin: Cenozoic 6
Contained within
  • Miocene
  • Neogene
  • Tertiary
  • Cenozoic
  • Phanerozoic
    • Previous intervals
  • Middle Miocene
  • Serravallian
  • Astaracian
  • Waiauan
  • Sarmatian
    • Next intervals
  • Messinian
  • MN 13
    • Equivalent to
  • Pannonian
    • Contains
  • Chasicoan, MN 10, MN 11, MN 9
    • Shares base with
  • Late/Upper Miocene, Tongaporutuan, Vallesian
    • Shares top with
  • MN 12
    • Overlaps with
  • Turolian (8.7 to 5.332 Ma)
  • Huayquerian (9.0 to 6.8 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)
  • Taranaki (10.92 to 5.332 Ma)
  • Baodean (11.1 to 4.9 Ma)
  • Mayoan (11.8 to 10.0 Ma)
  • MN 7 + 8 (12.75 to 11.1 Ma)
  • Clarendonian (13.6 to 10.3 Ma)
  • Late/Upper Clarendonian (13.6 to 10.3 Ma)
  • Early/Lower Clarendonian (13.6 to 10.3 Ma)
  • Tunggurian (13.65 to 11.1 Ma)
  • Southland (15.9 to 10.92 Ma)
    • Appears in scales
  • 2009 IUGS Cenozoic Ages (2010)
  • Gradstein 7: Stages (2004)
  • Berggren et al. 1995 Cenozoic Stages (1995)
  • Harland 6: Stages (1990)

    • Interval name: