ammonites

Late/Upper Pliocene subepoch

General information
Lower boundary: equal to 3.6 Ma (based on Piacenzian)
Upper boundary: equal to 2.588 Ma (based on Piacenzian)
Continent: global
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Key correlations
Period: Neogene
Epoch: Pliocene
Stage: Piacenzian
10 million year bin: Cenozoic 6
Contained within
  • Blancan
  • "Senecan"
  • Rexroadian
  • Wanganui
  • Cenozoic
  • Phanerozoic
    • Previous intervals
  • Early/Lower Pliocene
  • Zanclean
  • Opoitian
    • Next intervals
  • Quaternary
  • Pleistocene
  • MN 17
  • Gelasian
  • Early/Lower Pleistocene
  • Nihewanian
    • Equivalent to
  • Piacenzian
    • Shares base with
  • Waipipian
    • Shares top with
  • MN 16, Neogene, Pliocene, Tertiary, Villanyian, Yushean
    • Overlaps with
  • Uquian (3.0 to 1.2 Ma)
  • Mangapanian (3.0 to 2.4 Ma)
  • Chapadmalalan (4.0 to 3.0 Ma)
  • MN 15 (4.2 to 3.2 Ma)
  • Ruscinian (5.332 to 3.2 Ma)
    • Appears in scales
  • Gradstein 6: Cenozoic Subepochs (2004)
  • Harland 5: Subepochs (1990)

    • Interval name: