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Miocene

Also known as Miocene Epoch, Miocene Series

prima epoca geologica del Neogene

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The Miocene is a geological epoch that occurred roughly 23 to 5 million years ago and represents the earliest period of the Neogene, with its name deriving from the Greek words meaning "less recent" because it contains fewer modern marine invertebrates than the later Pliocene epoch. Understanding the Miocene matters because it helps scientists track how life on Earth evolved over time and how marine ecosystems changed between the older Oligocene and the newer Pliocene periods.

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Geologic timespan.time_start: 23.04
Geologic timespan.time_end: 5.333
Geologic timespan.name: Miocene
Geologic timespan.color: Miocene
Geologic timespan.image_map: Mollweide Paleographic Map of Earth, 15 Ma (Langhian Age).png
Geologic timespan.caption_map: A map of Earth as it appeared 15 million years ago during the Miocene Epoch, Langhian Age
Geologic timespan.timeline: Neogene
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: Epoch
Geologic timespan.strat_unit: Series
Geologic timespan.timespan_formality: Formal
Geologic timespan.lower_boundary_def: Base of magnetic polarity chronozone C6Cn.2n FAD of the Planktonic foraminiferan Paragloborotalia kugleri
Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_location: Lemme-Carrosio Section, Carrosio, Italy
Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_accept_date: 1996
Geologic timespan.upper_boundary_def: Base of the Thvera magnetic event (C3n.4n), which is only 96 ka (5 precession cycles) younger than the GSSP

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: series
Has part: Messinian
Followed by: Pliocene
Follows: Oligocene
Image: Dromornis BW.jpg

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Commons category: Miocene
topic's main category: Category:Miocene
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
start time: 23030000-0
end time: 5333000-00
sRGB color hex triplet: FFFF00
named by: Charles Lyell

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Nella scala dei tempi geologici, il Miocene è la prima delle due epoche geologiche in cui è suddiviso il Neogene, il secondo periodo dell'Era cenozoica. Il Miocene è compreso tra l'Oligocene e il Pliocene, ebbe inizio 23,03 milioni di anni fa (Ma) e terminò 5,332 Ma. In questa epoca continuò il sollevamento della catena alpina collegato ad eruzioni nel Massiccio Centrale francese, nei Carpazi, sui Colli Euganei, nel Veronese, nel Vicentino e nei Monti Iblei.

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