5 - 3.8 Ma

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

• F. J. Prevosti, C. O. Romano, A. M. Forasiepi, S. Hemming, R. Bonini, A. M. Candela, E. Cerdeño, M. C. Madozzo Jaén, P. E. Ortiz, F. Pujos, L. Rasia, G. I. Schmidt, M. Taglioretti, R. D. E. MacPhee, and U. F. J. Pardiñas. 2021. New radiometric 40Ar–39Ar dates and faunistic analyses refine evolutionary dynamics of Neogene vertebrate assemblages in southern South America. Scientific Reports 2021(11):9830 view

There are intervals in 12 timescales which overlap this one. show

• International Chronostratigraphic Timescale: Pliocene epoch, Zanclean age
• Cenozoic Subepochs: Early Pliocene subepoch
• European Faunal Units: Ruscinian subage
• European Faunal Zones: MN 15 zone, MN 14 zone
• Neogene Mammal Ages of China: Yushean age
• North American Land Mammal Ages: Blancan age, Hemphillian age
• North American Mammal Subages/Zones: late Early Hemphillian subage, early Early Hemphillian subage, Late Hemphillian subage, Rexroadian subage, Senecan subage
• Calcareous Nannoplankton Zones: NN13 zone, NN15 zone, NN14 zone
• Planktic Foraminiferal Zones: G. margaritae HOZ zone, S. seminulina HOZ - Atlantic zone, G. tumida/G. nepenthes CRZ - Atlantic zone
• Neogene North Pacific Diatom Biochronology: Neodenticula kamtschatica zone
• Geomagnetic Polarity Chrons: C3 chron, C2A chron
• Cretaceous-Cenozoic of New Zealand: Wanganui epoch, Opoitian age

This interval is used in the definition of 87 collections

A total of 2437 collections with 27400 occurrences lie within this time span