The Messinian Salinity Crisis
 

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The Geologic Timescale

The Messinian Epoch in relation to Today:

 

 

Eon

 

 

 

Era

 

 

Period

 

 

Epoch

 

 

 

        Duration

     (Millions of Years Ago)

 

 

 

Hadean

 

———

 

———

———

4567—3800

 

 

Archean

 

———

 

———

———

3800—2500

 

Proterozoic

 

 

———

 

———

 

———

 

2500—542

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Phanerozoic

Paleozoic

Cambrian

———

542—488

Ordovician

———

488—444

Silurian

———

444—416

Devonian

———

416—359

Carboniferous

———

359—300

Permian

———

300—251

Mesozoic

Triassic

———

251—200

Jurassic

———

200—145

Cretaceous

———

145—65.5

Cenozoic

Paleogene

Paleocene

65.5—55.8

Eocene

55.8—33.9

Oligocene

33.9—23.0

Miocene

23.0—5.33

Neogene

Pliocene

5.33—1.81

Pleistocene

1.81— 0.01

Holocene

0.01—Present


Miocene Subdivisions:

Aquitanian (23.03-20.43 *MYA)
Burdgalian (20.43-15.97 MYA)
Langhian (15.97-13.65 MYA)
Serravallian (13.65-11.68 MYA)
Tortonian (11.608-7.246 MYA)
Messinian (7.246-5.332 MYA)

*MYA= Million Years Ago