MN 3 zone
20 - 16.9 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 182 collections
A total of 1705 collections with 20076 occurrences lie within this time span
| International Chronostratigraphic Timescale | European Faunal Zones | North American Mammal Subages/Zones | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quaternary | Holocene | Meghalayan | 0 | ||||
| Northgrippian | 0.0042 | ||||||
| Greenlandian | 0.0082 | ||||||
| Pleistocene | Late Pleistocene | Sheridanian | 0.0117 | ||||
| Chibanian | 0.129 | ||||||
| Cudahyan/Sappan | 0.21 | ||||||
| Calabrian | 0.774 | ||||||
| Senecan/Rexroadian | 1.4 | ||||||
| Gelasian | MN 17 | 1.8 | |||||
| Neogene | Pliocene | Piacenzian | MN 16 | 2.58 | |||
| MN 15 | 3.2 | ||||||
| Zanclean | 3.6 | ||||||
| MN 14 | 4.2 | ||||||
| Late Hemphillian/late Early Hemphillian/early Early Hemphillian | 4.7 | ||||||
| MN 13 | 4.9 | ||||||
| Miocene | Messinian | 5.333 | |||||
| Tortonian | MN 12 | 7.246 | |||||
| MN 11 | 7.75 | ||||||
| MN 10 | 8.7 | ||||||
| Late Clarendonian/Early Clarendonian | 9.4 | ||||||
| MN 9 | 9.7 | ||||||
| MN 7 + 8 | 11.1 | ||||||
| Serravallian | 11.63 | ||||||
| late Late Barstovian/early Late Barstovian/Early Barstovian | 12.5 | ||||||
| MN 6 | 12.8 * | ||||||
| Langhian | MN 5 | 13.82 | |||||
| Burdigalian | MN 4 | 15.98 | |||||
| Late Hemingfordian/Early Hemingfordian | 16.3 | ||||||
| MN 3 | 16.9 | ||||||
| late Late Arikareean/early Late Arikareean/late Early Arikareean/early Early Arikareean | Harrisonian | 18.5 | |||||
| MN 2 | 20 | ||||||
| Aquitanian | 20.44 | ||||||
| MN 1 | 22.4 | ||||||
| Paleogene | Oligocene | Chattian | 23.03 | ||||
| Monroecreekian | 23.1 * | ||||||
| Geringian | 24.7 * | ||||||
| Rupelian | 27.82 | ||||||
| 29.5 | |||||||
| Eocene | Priabonian | Late Chadronian/Middle Chadronian/Early Chadronian | 33.9 | ||||
| 37 | |||||||
| Bartonian | 37.71 | ||||||
| Late Uintan/Early Uintan | 39.7 | ||||||
| Lutetian | 41.2 | ||||||
| Twinbuttean/Blacksforkian/Gardnerbuttian | 46.2 | ||||||
| Ypresian | 47.8 | ||||||
| Lostcabinian/Lysitean/Graybullian/Sandcouleean | 50.5 | ||||||
| Cf3/Cf2/Cf1 | 54.9 | ||||||
| Paleocene | Thanetian | 56 | |||||
| Ti6/Ti5/Ti4/Ti3/Ti2/Ti1 | 56.2 | ||||||
| Selandian | 59.2 | ||||||
| To3/To2/To1 | 60.9 | ||||||
| Danian | 61.6 | ||||||
| Pu3/Pu2/Pu1 | 63.8 | ||||||
| 66 | |||||||