Complex sentence: It spans the time between 5.332 ± 0.005 Ma and 3.6 ± 0.005 Ma (million years ago) and is preceded by the Messinian age of the Miocene epoch, and followed by the Piacenzian age.
Split into simpler sentences: It spans the time between 5.332 and 3.6 Ma ± 0.005 Ma (million years ago). It is preceded by the Messinian age of the Miocene epoch, and followed by the Piacenzian age.