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Tortonian

Hierarchy:Phanerozoic Cenozoic  Neogene   Miocene
    Tortonian
Classification:Age (as per International Commission on Stratigraphy)
Top:7.246 Ma
Base:11.63 Ma
Preceeds:Messinian
Follows:Serravallian
GSSP:Monte dei Corvi Beach, near Ancona, Italy
GSSP location:43.5867°N, 13.5694°E
GSSP link:View Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point of the International Commission on Stratigraphy
Fossil Record

Data via PaleoBioDB


Taxa Count Key
First appearance
Extinction
First appearance and extinction
Related precursors
KingdomPhylumClassTaxa Count
AnimaliaAnnelida Clitellata4
AnimaliaAnnelida Polychaeta46
AnimaliaArthropoda Arachnida449
AnimaliaArthropoda Branchiopoda10
AnimaliaArthropoda Cephalocarida1
AnimaliaArthropoda Chilopoda17
AnimaliaArthropoda Diplopoda36
AnimaliaArthropoda Entognatha3
AnimaliaArthropoda Hexanauplia1
AnimaliaArthropoda Insecta3,583
AnimaliaArthropoda Malacostraca613
AnimaliaArthropoda Maxillopoda77
AnimaliaArthropoda Merostomata1
AnimaliaArthropoda Ostracoda264
AnimaliaArthropoda Pauropoda3
AnimaliaArthropoda Pycnogonida1
AnimaliaArthropoda Remipedia1
AnimaliaArthropoda Symphyla6
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Craniata8
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Lingulata11
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Rhynchonellata143
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Strophomenata7
AnimaliaBryozoa Gymnolaemata628
AnimaliaBryozoa Phylactolaemata1
AnimaliaBryozoa Stenolaemata86
AnimaliaChordata Actinopterygii213
AnimaliaChordata Amphibia20
AnimaliaChordata Ascidiacea1
AnimaliaChordata Aves376
AnimaliaChordata Cephalaspidomorphi1
AnimaliaChordata Elasmobranchii173
AnimaliaChordata Holocephali3
AnimaliaChordata Mammalia3,222
AnimaliaChordata Myxini1
AnimaliaChordata Reptilia531
AnimaliaChordata Sarcopterygii5
AnimaliaCnidaria Anthozoa598
AnimaliaCnidaria Cubozoa1
AnimaliaCnidaria Hydrozoa19
AnimaliaCnidaria Scyphozoa2
AnimaliaEchinodermata Asteroidea60
AnimaliaEchinodermata Crinoidea28
AnimaliaEchinodermata Echinoidea276
AnimaliaEchinodermata Holothuroidea35
AnimaliaEchinodermata Ophiuroidea51
AnimaliaHemichordata Enteropneusta4
AnimaliaHemichordata Pterobranchia2
AnimaliaMollusca Bivalvia1,287
AnimaliaMollusca Cephalopoda19
AnimaliaMollusca Gastropoda2,316
AnimaliaMollusca Monoplacophora1
AnimaliaMollusca Polyplacophora27
AnimaliaMollusca Scaphopoda43
AnimaliaNematoda Adenophorea3
AnimaliaNematoda Secernentea2
AnimaliaPlatyhelminthes Trematoda1
AnimaliaPorifera Calcarea5
AnimaliaPorifera Demospongiae17
AnimaliaPorifera Hexactinellida54
AnimaliaPorifera Homoscleromorpha1
AnimaliaRotifera Eurotatoria2
AnimaliaTardigrada Eutardigrada5
AnimaliaTardigrada Heterotardigrada1
BacteriaCyanobacteria Cyanophyceae2
ChromistaForaminifera Globothalamea315
ChromistaForaminifera Monothalamea30
ChromistaForaminifera Tubothalamea60
ChromistaHaptophyta Prymnesiophyceae32
ChromistaMyzozoa Dinophyceae11
ChromistaOchrophyta Bacillariophyceae40
ChromistaOchrophyta Chrysophyceae1
ChromistaOchrophyta Dictyochophyceae4
ChromistaOchrophyta Phaeophyceae3
ChromistaRadiozoa Polycystina178
FungiAscomycota Dothideomycetes3
FungiAscomycota Eurotiomycetes1
FungiAscomycota Lecanoromycetes1
FungiAscomycota Sordariomycetes2
FungiBasidiomycota Agaricomycetes5
PlantaeAnthocerotophyta Anthocerotopsida1
PlantaeBryophyta Bryopsida4
PlantaeBryophyta Sphagnopsida2
PlantaeCharophyta Charophyceae7
PlantaeCharophyta Zygnematophyceae2
PlantaeChlorophyta Chlorophyceae5
PlantaeChlorophyta Trebouxiophyceae2
PlantaeChlorophyta Ulvophyceae14
PlantaeMarchantiophyta Marchantiopsida2
PlantaeRhodophyta Florideophyceae104
PlantaeRhodophyta Rhodophyceae1
PlantaeTracheophyta Cycadopsida9
PlantaeTracheophyta Ginkgoopsida6
PlantaeTracheophyta Gnetopsida7
PlantaeTracheophyta Liliopsida67
PlantaeTracheophyta Lycopodiopsida12
PlantaeTracheophyta Magnoliopsida501
PlantaeTracheophyta Pinopsida70
PlantaeTracheophyta Polypodiopsida73
ProtozoaAmoebozoa Lobosa1
 

Geologic Events

Event NameTypeAgeArea
Andean orogeny (ongoing)OrogenyMaximum Age: 200 MaSouth America


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