Langhian

Also known as Langhian Age, Langhian Stage

The Langhian is, in the ICS geologic timescale, an age or stage in the middle Miocene Epoch/Series. It spans the time between 15.98 Ma and 13.82 (million years ago) during the Middle Miocene.

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Geologic timespan.name: Langhian
Geologic timespan.color: Langhian
Geologic timespan.time_start: 15.98
Geologic timespan.time_end: 13.82
Geologic timespan.image_map: Mollweide Paleographic Map of Earth, 15 Ma (Langhian Age).png
Geologic timespan.caption_map: A map of Earth as it appeared 15 million years ago during the Langhian Age.
Geologic timespan.timeline: Neogene
Geologic timespan.formerly_part_of: Tertiary Period/System
Geologic timespan.name_formality: Formal
Geologic timespan.celestial_body: earth
Geologic timespan.usage: Global (ICS)
Geologic timespan.timescales_used: ICS Time Scale
Geologic timespan.chrono_unit: Age
Geologic timespan.strat_unit: Stage
Geologic timespan.timespan_formality: Formal
Geologic timespan.lower_boundary_def: Not formally defined
Geologic timespan.lower_def_candidates: Near top of magnetic polarity chronozone C5Cn.1n Near FAD of the Planktonic Foraminiferan Praeorbulina glomerosa
Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_candidates: La Vedova, Italy St. Peter's Pool, Malta Astronomically tuned ODP-core

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Commons category: Langhian
sRGB color hex triplet: FFFF4D
start time: 15980000-0
end time: 13820000-0

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The Langhian is, in the ICS geologic timescale, an age or stage in the middle Miocene Epoch/Series. It spans the time between 15.98 Ma and 13.82 (million years ago) during the Middle Miocene.

The Langhian was a continuing warming period defined by Lorenzo Pareto in 1865, it was originally established in the Langhe area north of Ceva in northern Italy, hence the name. The Langhian is preceded by the Burdigalian and followed by the Serravallian Stage.