Miocene

Details

Instance of

epoch, series

Start time

23030000 BCE

End time

5333rd millennium BCE

Part of

Neogene, ICS Standard Global Chronostratigraphic (Geochronologic) Scale

Has parts

Aquitanian, Burdigalian, Langhian, Serravallian, Tortonian, Messinian

Follows

Oligocene

Followed by

Pliocene

described by source

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, New Encyclopedic Dictionary, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition

named by

Charles Lyell

sRGB color hex triplet

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topic's main category

Category:Miocene

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