Neogene (23.03 Ma)
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- Color CMYK
- 0 / 10 / 90 / 0
- Color RGB
- R: 255 G: 230 B: 25
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Period
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- valid formal name
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Neogen
- Français
- Néogène
- Italiano
- Neogene
- English
- Neogene (23.03 Ma)
- Origin of the Name
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neos = new , genos = birth
- Historical Variants
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--- (Hoernes 1853), Système néogène (Revil 1911), Tertiaire supérieur = Néogène (Gignoux & Moret 1944), Néogène (Denizot et al. 1957), Jungtertiär, jüngeres Tertiär
Hierarchy and sequence
- Subordinate units
- Units at roof
Age
- Age at top
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- Piacenzian
- Age at base
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- Aquitanian
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Pliocene (5.333 Ma)
- Name Origin
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plios = plus , kaïno = récent
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Epoch
- Status
- valid formal name
- In short
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The Pliocene is the last geochronologic epoch of the Neogene, starting with the Zanclean age (at the transition from the Miocene epoch) and ending with the Piacenzian age (at the transition to the Pleistocene epoch).
- Age
- Zanclean
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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
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Miocene (23.03 Ma)
- Name Origin
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meios = less, kaïno = recent
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Epoch
- Status
- valid formal name
- In short
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The Miocene is the first geochronologic epoch of the Neogene, starting with the Aquitanian age (at the transition from the Oligocene epoch) and ending with the Messinian age (at the transition to the Pliocene epoch).
- Age
- Aquitanian
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Messinian (7.246 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the town of Messina (Italia), Sicilia.
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Stage
- Status
- valid formal name
- In short
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Last stage of the Miocene.
- Age
- spätes Miozän
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Tortonian (11.63 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the city of Tortona (Italia), Piemonte.
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Stage
- Status
- valid formal name
- In short
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Stage of the Late Miocene.
- Age
- spätes Miozän
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Serravallian (13.82 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the town of Serravalle Scrivia (Italia), Piemonte.
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Stage
- Status
- valid formal name
- In short
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Stage of the Middle Miocene.
- Age
- mittleres Miozän
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Langhian (15.97 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the Langhe area north of Ceva (Italy).
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Stage
- Status
- valid formal name
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- <p>le Langhe (plural)</p>
- In short
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Stage of the Middle Miocene.
- Age
- mittleres Miozän
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Burdigalian (20.44 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the town of Bordeaux = Burdigala (Gironde, France).
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Stage
- Status
- valid formal name
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- <p>Latin: Burdigalia</p>
- In short
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Second stage of the Miocene.
- Age
- frühes Miozän
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Aquitanian (23.03 Ma)
- Name Origin
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Named after the Aquitaine region (France).
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Stage
- Status
- valid formal name
- In short
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First stage of the Miocene Series, and hence base of the Neogene System.
- Age
- frühes Miozän