Messinian

Messinian

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System/ Period	Series/ Epoch	Stage/ Age	Age (Ma)

Quaternary	Pleistocene	Gelasian	younger

Neogene	Pliocene	Piacenzian	2.58	3.600

Zanclean	3.600	5.333

Miocene	Messinian	5.333	7.246

Tortonian	7.246	11.63

Serravallian	11.63	13.82

Langhian	13.82	15.97

Burdigalian	15.97	20.44

Aquitanian	20.44	23.03

Paleogene	Oligocene	Chattian	older

Subdivision of the Neogene Period according to the ICS, as of 2017.

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Messinian spans between 7.246 Ma and 5.333 Ma.

final_sentence: Messinian spans between 7.246 Ma and 5.333 Ma.