16.3 - 12.5 Ma

The definition of this interval in the timescale North American Land Mammal Ages is taken from the following source:

• A. D. Barnosky, M. Holmes, R. Kirchholtes, E. Lindsey, K.C. Maguire, A.W. Poust, M.A. Stegner, J. Sunseri, B. Swartz, J. Swift, N.A. Villavicencio and G. Wogan. 2014. Prelude to the Anthropocene: Two new North American Land Mammal Ages (NALMAs). The Anthropocene Review I(3):225-242 view

There are intervals in 9 timescales which overlap this one. show

• International Chronostratigraphic Timescale: Langhian age, Serravallian age, Burdigalian age, Miocene epoch
• Cenozoic Subepochs: Early Miocene subepoch, Middle Miocene subepoch
• European Faunal Units: Orleanian subage, Astaracian subage
• European Faunal Zones: MN 7 + 8 zone, MN 6 zone, MN 4 zone, MN 5 zone
• Central Paratethys Stages: Badenian age, Sarmatian age
• Neogene Mammal Ages of China: Tunggurian age, Shanwangian age
• North American Mammal Subages/Zones: early Late Barstovian subage, Early Barstovian subage, late Late Barstovian subage
• South American Land Mammal Ages: Laventan age, Colloncuran age, Friasian age, Santacrucian age
• Cretaceous-Cenozoic of New Zealand: Waiauan age, Lillburnian age, Southland epoch, Clifdenian age, Pareora epoch, Altonian age

This interval is used in the definition of 516 collections

A total of 3807 collections with 41438 occurrences lie within this time span