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Tertiary sub-era Quaternary sub-era
Neogene period
Miocene Pliocene Pleistocene Holocene
Aquitanian Burdigalian Zanclean Lower  
Langhian Serravallian Piacenzian Middle
Tortonian Messinian Gelasian Upper
Cenozoic era
Paleogene Neogene

The Tertiary period was previously one of the major divisions of the geologic timescale, from the end of the Cretaceous period about 65. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Quaternary Period is the geologic time period from the end of the Pliocene Epoch roughly 1. ... Neogene Period: A unit of geologic time consisting of the Miocene and Pliocene Epochs. ... The Miocene epoch is a period of time that extends from about 23 to 5. ... The Pliocene epoch (a. ... The Pleistocene Epoch is part of the geologic timescale, usually dated as 1. ... The Holocene Epoch is a geologic period that extends from the present back about 10,000 radiocarbon years. ... Jump to: navigation, search In the geologic timescale, the Aquitanian is the stage of the Miocene Epoch that is comprehended between 23 million 30 thousand and 20 million 430 thousand years ago, approximatedly. ... In the geologic timescale, the Burdigalian is the age of the Miocene epoch of the Neogene period of the Cenozoic era of the Fanerozoic eon that is comprehended between 20 million 430 thousand and 15 million 970 thousand years ago, approximatedly. ... The introduction of this article does not provide enough context for readers unfamiliar with the subject. ... The Lower Pleistocene or Early Pleistocene is the earlier part of the Pleistocene Epoch from the beginning at about 1. ... Jump to: navigation, search Millions of Years Categories: Graphical timelines | Geology stubs ... In the geologic timescale, Piacenziano is an ICS stage, part of the Pliocene epoch of the Neogene period. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... The Messinian period is the last part of the Miocene epoch. ... In the geologic timescale, Gelasian is an ICS stage, part of the Pliocene epoch of the Neogene period. ... The Upper Pleistocene or Late Pleistocene is the final part of the Pleistocene Epoch from about 125,000 YA to the conventional end of the Ice Age at about 10,000 YA. Categories: Geology stubs | Pleistocene ... The Cenozoic Era (sometimes still Caenozoic in the United Kingdom) is the most recent of the four Categories: Cenozoic ... Palaeogene (alternatively Paleogene) period is a unit of geologic time that began 65 and ended 23 million years ago. ... Neogene Period: A unit of geologic time consisting of the Miocene and Pliocene Epochs. ...



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Then, a detailed description of the methodologies for the astronomic calibration of different sedimentary sequences i) on the basis of a litho-stratigraphic approach and ii) on the basis of a spectral analysis applied to faunal and geochemical climate-sensitive records, is proposed.
Therefore, we suggest a lithological level near or coincident with this event for the definition of the GSSP of the Serravallian.
The distribution of ostracods in the composed Langhian Serravallian section of Ras il Pellegrin (Malta) has been studied quantitatively to define the evolution of both the assemblages and the palaeoenvironmental conditions.
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