Pliocene (5.333 Ma)
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- Color CMYK
- 0/0/40/0
- Color RGB
- R: 255 G: 255 B: 153
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Epoch
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- valid formal name
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Pliozän
- Français
- Pliocène
- Italiano
- Pliocene
- English
- Pliocene (5.333 Ma)
- Origin of the Name
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plios = plus , kaïno = récent
- Historical Variants
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Pliocene (Lyell 1833), Pliocène = Néogène supérieur (Gignoux & Moret 1944)Pliocène (Denizot et al. 1957), Pliocän, Pliocaen
Hierarchy and sequence
- Subordinate units
- Units at roof
Age
- Age at top
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- Piacenzian
- Age at base
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- Zanclean
References
- Definition
- (1833) : Principles of Geology. 1st edition
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Piacenzian (3.600 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the village of Piacenzia (Italia).
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Stage
- Status
- valid formal name
- Age
- late Pliocene
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Zanclean (5.333 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Derived from Zancla, the pre-Roman name for the town of Messina in Sicily (Italy).
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Stage
- Status
- valid formal name
- In short
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First stage of the Pliocene.
- Age
- Pliocene