Piacenzian
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The Piacenzian is in the international geologic time scale the upper stage or latest age of the Pliocene. It spans the time between 3.6 ± 0.005 Ma and 2.58 Ma (million years ago). The Piacenzian is after the Zanclean and is followed by the Gelasian (part of the Pleistocene).
Key facts
- Geologic timespan.name
- Piacenzian
- Geologic timespan.color
- Piacenzian
- Geologic timespan.time_start
- 3.600
- Geologic timespan.time_end
- 2.58
- 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
- Base of Gauss/Gilbert (C2An/C2Ar) magnetic reversal
- Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_location
- Punta Piccola Section, Porto Empedocle, Sicily, Italy
- Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_accept_date
- January 1997
- Geologic timespan.upper_boundary_def
- Base of magnetic polarity chronozone C2r (Matuyama) Extinction of the Haptophytes Discoaster pentaradiatus and Discoaster surculus
- Geologic timespan.upper_gssp_location
- Monte San Nicola Section, Gela, Sicily, Italy
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- Definition
- Climate
- Origin of the genus ''Homo''
- References
- Notes
- Literature
- External links
The Piacenzian is in the international geologic time scale the upper stage or latest age of the Pliocene. It spans the time between 3.6 ± 0.005 Ma and 2.58 Ma (million years ago). The Piacenzian is after the Zanclean and is followed by the Gelasian (part of the Pleistocene).
The Piacenzian is roughly coeval with the European land mammal age MN 16, overlaps the late Chapadmalalan and early Uquian South American land mammal age and falls inside the more extensive Blancan North American land mammal age. It also correlates with the Astian, Redonian, Reuverian and Romanian regional stages of Europe, and the Waipipian and Mangapanian stages of New Zealand. Some authorities describe the British Red Crag Formation and Waltonian Stage as late Piacenzian, while others regard them as early Pleistocene.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Piacenzian” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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