The Mammal Neogene zones or MN zones are system of biostratigraphic zones in the stratigraphic record used to correlate mammal-bearing fossil localities of the Neogene period of Europe. It consists of seventeen consecutive zones (numbered MN 1 through MN 18; MN 7 and 8 have been joined into MN 7/8 zone) defined through reference faunas, well-known sites that other localities can be correlated with. MN 1 is the earliest zone, and MN 18 is the most recent. The MN zones are complementary with the MP zones in the Paleogene.
Neogene ELMMZ |
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−22 — – −20 — – −18 — – −16 — – −14 — – −12 — – −10 — – −8 — – −6 — – −4 — – −2 — – 0 — | |
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The zones are as follows:[1]
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| Interval |
Reference Locality[2] |
Start |
End |
ICS stages[3] |
| MN 18 |
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2.0 Ma |
0 Ma |
Gelasian to present |
| MN 17 |
Saint-Vallier (France) |
2.5 Ma |
2.0 Ma |
Gelasian |
| MN 16 |
Arondelli / Triversa (Italy) |
3.2 Ma |
2.5 Ma |
Gelasian - Piacenzian - Zanclean |
| MN 15 |
Perpignan (France) |
4.2 Ma |
3.2 Ma |
Zanclean |
| MN 14 |
Podlesice (Poland) |
4.9 Ma |
4.2 Ma |
Zanclean |
| MN 13 |
El Arquilla (Spain) |
7.0 Ma (between 6.8 and 7.2 Ma) |
4.9 Ma |
Zanclean - Messinian |
| MN 12 |
Los Mansuetos (Spain) |
7.75 Ma (between 8.0 and 7.5 Ma) |
7.0 Ma (between 6.8 and 7.2 Ma) |
Messinian - Tortonian |
| MN 11 |
Crevillente 2 (Spain) |
8.7 Ma |
7.75 Ma (between 8.0 and 7.5 Ma) |
Tortonian |
| MN 10 |
Masia del Barbo (Spain) |
9.7 Ma |
8.7 Ma |
Tortonian |
| MN 9 |
Can Llobateres (Spain) |
11.1 Ma |
9.7 Ma |
Tortonian |
| MN 7/8 |
La Grive M (France) |
12.75 Ma (between 13.0 and 12.5 Ma) |
11.1 Ma |
Tortonian - Serravallian |
| MN 6 |
Sansan (France) |
13.7 Ma |
12.75 Ma (between 13.0 and 12.5 Ma) |
Serravallian |
| MN 5 |
Faluns Pont Levoy- Thenay (France) |
16.0 Ma |
13.7 Ma |
Serravallian - Langhian - Burdigalian |
| MN 4 |
La Romieu (France) |
16.9 Ma (between 16.6 and 17.2 Ma) |
16.0 Ma |
Burdigalian |
| MN 3 |
Wintershof-West (Germany) |
20.0 Ma |
16.9 Ma (between 16.6 and 17.2 Ma) |
Burdigalian |
| MN 2 |
- Montaigu (France)
- Laugnac (France)
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22.4 Ma |
20.0 Ma |
Burdigalian - Aquitanian |
| MN 1 |
Paulhiac (France) |
23.03 ± 0.05 Ma[4][5][6] |
22.4 Ma |
Aquitanian |
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