Turolian
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The Turolian age is a period of geologic time (9.0—5.3 Ma) within the Miocene
used more specifically with European Land Mammal Ages
. It precedes the Ruscinian
age and follows the Vallesian
age. The Turolian overlaps the Tortonian
and Messinian
ages.
Miocene
The Miocene is a geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about . The Miocene was named by Sir Charles Lyell. Its name comes from the Greek words and and means "less recent" because it has 18% fewer modern sea invertebrates than the Pliocene. The Miocene follows the Oligocene...
used more specifically with European Land Mammal Ages
European Land Mammal Ages
The European Land Mammal Mega Zones are zones in rock layers that have a specific assemblage of fossils based on occurrences of fossil assemblages of European land mammals. These biozones cover most of the Neogene and Paleogene systems The European Land Mammal Mega Zones (abbreviation: ELMMZ,...
. It precedes the Ruscinian
Ruscinian
The Ruscian age is a period of geologic time within the Pliocene used more specifically with European Land Mammal Ages. It precedes the Villanyian age and follows the Turolian age. The Ruscian overlaps the early Piacenzian and Zanclean ages....
age and follows the Vallesian
Vallesian
The Vallesian age is a period of geologic time within the Miocene used more specifically with European Land Mammal Ages. It precedes the Turolian age and follows the Astaracian age. The Turolian overlaps the Tortonian and Messinian ages....
age. The Turolian overlaps the Tortonian
Tortonian
The Tortonian is in the geologic timescale an age or stage of the late Miocene that spans the time between 11.608 ± 0.005 Ma and 7.246 ± 0.005 Ma . It follows the Serravallian and is followed by the Messinian....
and Messinian
Messinian
The Messinian is in the geologic timescale the last age or uppermost stage of the Miocene. It spans the time between 7.246 ± 0.005 Ma and 5.332 ± 0.005 Ma...
ages.