Langhian

E905199

The Langhian is a stage of the Middle Miocene epoch characterized by significant global climatic changes and important developments in marine and terrestrial life.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Langhian canonical 3

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Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chronostratigraphic stage ⓘ
geologic age ⓘ
associatedWith diversification of marine mollusks ⓘ
expansion of warm-water marine faunas ⓘ
important developments in terrestrial mammal faunas ⓘ
tectonic activity in the Mediterranean region ⓘ
belongsToTimeScale Cenozoic ⓘ
Phanerozoic eon ⓘ
linked to: Phanerozoic Eon
climateCharacterizedBy Miocene Climatic Optimum conditions ⓘ
high atmospheric CO2 compared to present ⓘ
relatively warm global temperatures ⓘ
correlatesWith European regional stage Badenian ⓘ
North American land mammal age Barstovian ⓘ
North American land mammal age Hemingfordian ⓘ
endTime 13.82 million years ago ⓘ
firstDescribedIn 1857 ⓘ
follows Burdigalian ⓘ
GSSPApprovalYear 1996 ⓘ
GSSPLocation La Vedova Beach section, Ancona, Italy ⓘ
hasDuration approximately 2.15 million years ⓘ
lowerBoundaryDefinedBy first appearance datum of foraminifer Praeorbulina glomerosa ⓘ
namedAfter Langhe region ⓘ
linked to: Langhe
namedBy Lorenzo Pareto ⓘ
partOf Middle Miocene ⓘ
Miocene ⓘ
Neogene ⓘ
precedes Serravallian ⓘ
rank stage ⓘ
startTime 15.97 million years ago ⓘ
stratotypeLocation northern Italy ⓘ
linked to: Northern Italy
timeScale International Commission on Stratigraphy ⓘ
upperBoundaryDefinedBy first appearance datum of foraminifer Globigerinoides subquadratus ⓘ
usedFor dating and correlating Middle Miocene sedimentary rocks ⓘ
usedIn global chronostratigraphic scale ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Middle Miocene → containsStage → Langhian ⓘ
Miocene → contains → Langhian ⓘ
Serravallian → follows → Langhian ⓘ