Late Miocene

Late Miocene

The Late Miocene (also known as Upper Miocene) is a sub-epoch of the Miocene Epoch made up of two stages. The Tortonian and Messinian stages comprise the Late Miocene sub-epoch.

The sub-epoch lasted from 11.608 ± 0.005 mya (million years ago) to 5.332 ± 0.005 Mya.

External links

* [http://www.stratigraphy.org/geowhen/stages/Late_Miocene.html GeoWhen Database - Late Miocene]


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