Subdivision of the Neogene Period according to the ICS, as of 2017[1]
The Middle Miocene is a sub-epoch of the Miocene epoch made up of two stages: the Langhian and Serravallian stages. The Middle Miocene is preceded by the Early Miocene.
The sub-epoch lasted from 15.97 ± 0.05 Ma (million years ago) to 11.608 ± 0.005 Ma. During this period, a sharp drop in global temperatures took place. This event is known as the Middle Miocene Climatic Transition.
For the purpose of establishing European land mammal ages, this sub-epoch is equivalent to the Astaracian age.
The MiddleMiocene is a sub-epoch of the Miocene epoch made up of two stages: the Langhian and Serravallian stages. The MiddleMiocene is preceded by the...
The Miocene (/ˈmaɪ.əsiːn, -oʊ-/ MY-ə-seen, -oh-) is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about 23.03 to 5.333 million years...
The MiddleMiocene Climatic Transition (MMCT) was a relatively steady period of climatic cooling that occurred around the middle of the Miocene, roughly...
The MiddleMiocene Climatic Optimum (MMCO), sometimes referred to as the MiddleMiocene Thermal Maximum (MMTM), was an interval of warm climate during...
latter part of middleMiocene. The Caprinae tribes probably diverged in the early middleMiocene. The Caprini emerged in the middleMiocene, and seem to...
Ocean) during the Oligocene and the early and middleMiocene times, but at the onset of the late Miocene epoch, the tectonically trapped sea turned into...
Early Miocene of France) – sometimes included in Cygnavus Megalodytes (MiddleMiocene of California, US) "cf. Megalodytes" (Haraichi MiddleMiocene of Annaka...
gen. et spp. indet. (MiddleMiocene of France and Germany) – basal? Passeriformes gen. et spp. indet. (Sajóvölgyi MiddleMiocene of Mátraszőlős, Hungary)...
Brontornithinae Genus Devincenzia (Miocene to Early Pliocene, possibly up to Early Pleistocene) Genus Kelenken (MiddleMiocene (Colloncuran) Collón Curá Formation...
constriction of the Drake Passage from sometime in the middle to late Oligocene (29 to 22 mya) to the middleMiocene (15 mya). The reorganization of the oceanic...
deperdita - Late Miocene Europe Gazella dorcadoides - MiddleMiocene Asia Gazella pilgrimi - Late Miocene Europe Gazella gaudryi - MiddleMiocene Eurasia Gazella...
dispersed into Asia and North America. The puma-sized Simocyon found in MiddleMiocene-Early Pliocene of Europe, North America and China was likely a hypercarnivore...
rhinoceros, belong to the tribe Dicerotini, which originated in the middleMiocene, about 14.2 million years ago. The species diverged during the early...
fossil Gavia specimens Gavia sp. (Early-MiddleMiocene of eastern United States) Gavia sp. (Calvert MiddleMiocene ?or Pleistocene of Maryland, United States)...
similar to those of the present. During the MiddleMiocene, Earth entered a warm phase known as the MiddleMiocene Climatic Optimum (MMCO), which was driven...
fossil (Early/MiddleMiocene of Wintershof West, Germany) – may be close to extant genus Ninox "Strix" edwardsi – fossil (Middle/Late? Miocene) "Asio" pygmaeus...
Early Miocene of WC Europe) – includes "Bubo" poirreiri Intulula (Early/MiddleMiocene of WC Europe) – includes "Strix/Ninox" brevis Yarquen (Middle Miocene...
back as the middleMiocene, with three fossil species of Cerorhinca, and material tentatively referred to that genus, in the middleMiocene to late Pliocene...
Franch. One fossil endocarp of †Aralia pusilla has been described from a middleMiocene stratum of the Fasterholt area near Silkeborg in Central Jutland, Denmark...
and fruit fragments of †Weigela srodoniowae have been described from middleMiocene strata of the Fasterholt area near Silkeborg in Central Jutland, Denmark...
fossil fruitlet of †Potentilla pliocenica has been described from a middleMiocene stratum of the Fasterholt area near Silkeborg in Central Jutland, Denmark...
Miocene of Eurasia) †Tungurictis (MiddleMiocene of Africa and Eurasia) †Protictitherium (MiddleMiocene of Africa and Asia, Middle to Late Miocene of...
26879/778. Morales, J. & Pickford, M. (2005). "Carnivores from the MiddleMiocene Ngorora Formation (13-12 Ma), Kenya" (PDF). Estudios Geológicos. 61...
(Round Mountain Silt MiddleMiocene of Sharktooth Hill and possibly Astoria MiddleMiocene of Oregon, US) Diomedea sp. (Late Miocene of Valdez Peninsula...
Protoazin between the Late Eocene and the Early Miocene in Europe, and of Namibiavis after the MiddleMiocene of sub-Saharan Africa is the arrival of arboreal...
marine carbonates from the Bien Dong Formation. The middle sequence have a composition of Miocene sediments of the Dua Formation, Thong-Man Cau Formations...
Orycteropodidae within Tubulidentata. The genus is known from fossils dating from MiddleMiocene to Early Pliocene, found in Africa, Asia and Europe. Five species are...
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