MN 2 zone
22.4 - 20 Ma
The definition of this interval in the timescale European Faunal Zones is taken from the following source:
- F. F. Steininger, W. A. Berggren, D. V. Kent, R. L. Bernor, S. Sen and J. Agusti. 1996. Circum-Mediterranean Neogene (Miocene and Pliocene) marine-continental chronologic correlations of European mammal units. The Evolution of Western Eurasian Neogene Mammal Faunas (eds. R. L. Bernor, V. Fahlbusch, and H.-W. Mittmann) view
There are intervals in 8 timescales which overlap this one. show
This interval is used in the definition of 26 collections
A total of 608 collections with 5064 occurrences lie within this time span
International Chronostratigraphic Timescale | European Faunal Zones | Cenozoic Subepochs | |||
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Neogene | Pliocene | Piacenzian | MN 16 | Late Pliocene | 2.58 |
MN 15 | 3.2 | ||||
Zanclean | Early Pliocene | 3.6 | |||
MN 14 | 4.2 | ||||
MN 13 | 4.9 | ||||
Miocene | Messinian | Late Miocene | 5.333 | ||
Tortonian | MN 12 | 7.246 | |||
MN 11 | 7.75 | ||||
MN 10 | 8.7 | ||||
MN 9 | 9.7 | ||||
MN 7 + 8 | 11.1 | ||||
Serravallian | Middle Miocene | 11.63 | |||
MN 6 | 12.8 * | ||||
Langhian | MN 5 | 13.82 | |||
Burdigalian | MN 4 | Early Miocene | 15.98 | ||
MN 3 | 16.9 | ||||
MN 2 | 20 | ||||
Aquitanian | 20.44 | ||||
MN 1 | 22.4 | ||||
23.03 |