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Aquitanian

Hierarchy:Phanerozoic Cenozoic  Neogene   Miocene
    Aquitanian
Classification:Age (as per International Commission on Stratigraphy)
Top:20.44 Ma
Base:23.03 Ma
Preceeds:Burdigalian
Follows:Paleogene Oligocene  Chattian
Name origin:Named after the region Aquitaine in France by Swiss stratigrapher Karl Mayer-Eymar in 1858.
GSSP:Lemme-Carrioso Section, Allessandria Province, Italy
GSSP location:44.6589°N, 8.8364°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 Polychaeta44
AnimaliaArthropoda Arachnida685
AnimaliaArthropoda Branchiopoda10
AnimaliaArthropoda Cephalocarida1
AnimaliaArthropoda Chilopoda18
AnimaliaArthropoda Diplopoda39
AnimaliaArthropoda Entognatha3
AnimaliaArthropoda Insecta4,836
AnimaliaArthropoda Malacostraca659
AnimaliaArthropoda Maxillopoda64
AnimaliaArthropoda Merostomata1
AnimaliaArthropoda Ostracoda229
AnimaliaArthropoda Pauropoda3
AnimaliaArthropoda Pycnogonida1
AnimaliaArthropoda Remipedia1
AnimaliaArthropoda Symphyla7
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Craniata8
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Lingulata12
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Rhynchonellata159
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Strophomenata7
AnimaliaBryozoa Gymnolaemata620
AnimaliaBryozoa Phylactolaemata1
AnimaliaBryozoa Stenolaemata91
AnimaliaChordata Actinopterygii180
AnimaliaChordata Amphibia19
AnimaliaChordata Ascidiacea1
AnimaliaChordata Aves219
AnimaliaChordata Cephalaspidomorphi1
AnimaliaChordata Elasmobranchii175
AnimaliaChordata Holocephali3
AnimaliaChordata Mammalia3,083
AnimaliaChordata Myxini1
AnimaliaChordata Reptilia454
AnimaliaChordata Sarcopterygii5
AnimaliaCnidaria Anthozoa731
AnimaliaCnidaria Cubozoa1
AnimaliaCnidaria Hydrozoa19
AnimaliaCnidaria Scyphozoa2
AnimaliaEchinodermata Asteroidea64
AnimaliaEchinodermata Crinoidea32
AnimaliaEchinodermata Echinoidea328
AnimaliaEchinodermata Holothuroidea38
AnimaliaEchinodermata Ophiuroidea46
AnimaliaHemichordata Enteropneusta4
AnimaliaHemichordata Pterobranchia2
AnimaliaMollusca Bivalvia1,342
AnimaliaMollusca Cephalopoda26
AnimaliaMollusca Gastropoda2,361
AnimaliaMollusca Monoplacophora1
AnimaliaMollusca Polyplacophora25
AnimaliaMollusca Scaphopoda42
AnimaliaNematoda Adenophorea3
AnimaliaNematoda Secernentea2
AnimaliaPlatyhelminthes Trematoda1
AnimaliaPorifera Calcarea5
AnimaliaPorifera Demospongiae20
AnimaliaPorifera Hexactinellida47
AnimaliaPorifera Homoscleromorpha1
AnimaliaRotifera Eurotatoria2
AnimaliaTardigrada Eutardigrada5
AnimaliaTardigrada Heterotardigrada1
BacteriaCyanobacteria Cyanophyceae2
ChromistaForaminifera Globothalamea318
ChromistaForaminifera Monothalamea30
ChromistaForaminifera Tubothalamea61
ChromistaHaptophyta Prymnesiophyceae30
ChromistaMyzozoa Dinophyceae22
ChromistaOchrophyta Bacillariophyceae82
ChromistaOchrophyta Chrysophyceae1
ChromistaOchrophyta Dictyochophyceae8
ChromistaOchrophyta Phaeophyceae2
ChromistaRadiozoa Polycystina173
FungiAscomycota Dothideomycetes3
FungiAscomycota Eurotiomycetes1
FungiAscomycota Lecanoromycetes1
FungiAscomycota Sordariomycetes2
FungiBasidiomycota Agaricomycetes6
PlantaeAnthocerotophyta Anthocerotopsida1
PlantaeBryophyta Bryopsida4
PlantaeBryophyta Sphagnopsida2
PlantaeCharophyta Charophyceae8
PlantaeCharophyta Zygnematophyceae2
PlantaeChlorophyta Chlorophyceae5
PlantaeChlorophyta Trebouxiophyceae2
PlantaeChlorophyta Ulvophyceae14
PlantaeMarchantiophyta Jungermanniopsida1
PlantaeMarchantiophyta Marchantiopsida4
PlantaeRhodophyta Florideophyceae85
PlantaeRhodophyta Rhodophyceae1
PlantaeTracheophyta Cycadopsida11
PlantaeTracheophyta Ginkgoopsida6
PlantaeTracheophyta Gnetopsida7
PlantaeTracheophyta Liliopsida73
PlantaeTracheophyta Lycopodiopsida20
PlantaeTracheophyta Magnoliopsida576
PlantaeTracheophyta Pinopsida109
PlantaeTracheophyta Polypodiopsida74
ProtozoaAmoebozoa Lobosa1
The oldest age, or lowest stage, of the Miocene.

It is a dry cooling period.
 

Geologic Events

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


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