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 10 timescales which overlap this one. show

• International Chronostratigraphic Timescale: Langhian age, Miocene epoch, Serravallian age, Burdigalian age
• Cenozoic Subepochs: Middle Miocene subepoch, Early Miocene subepoch
• European Faunal Units: Astaracian subage, Orleanian subage
• European Faunal Zones: MN 7 + 8 zone, MN 5 zone, MN 6 zone, MN 4 zone
• Central Paratethys Stages: Sarmatian age, Badenian age
• Neogene Mammal Ages of China: Shanwangian age, Tunggurian age
• North American Mammal Subages/Zones: Early Barstovian subage, early Late Barstovian subage, late Late Barstovian subage
• South American Land Mammal Ages: Colloncuran age, Laventan age, Friasian age
• Calcareous Nannoplankton Zones: NN5 zone, NN4 zone, NN6 zone
• Cretaceous-Cenozoic of New Zealand: Pareora epoch, Clifdenian age, Lillburnian age, Altonian age, Waiauan age, Southland epoch

This interval is used in the definition of 520 collections

A total of 3858 collections with 41706 occurrences lie within this time span