Mammal Neogene zones
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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 | ||
−20 — – −10 — – 0 — | MN 1 MN 2 MN 3 MN 4 MN 5 MN 6 MN 9 MN 10 MN 11 MN 12 MN 13 MN 14 MN 15 MN 16 MN 17 MN 18 | |
The zones are as follows:[1]
| Interval | Reference Locality[2] | Start | End | ICS stages[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MN 18 | 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 |
|
22.4 Ma | 20.0 Ma | Burdigalian - Aquitanian |
| MN 1 | Paulhiac (France) | 23.03 ± 0.05 Ma[4][5][6] | 22.4 Ma | Aquitanian |
See also
References
- Bruijn, H. de, Daams, R., Daxner-Höck, G., Fahlbusch, V., Ginsburg, L., Mein, P. and Morales, J. (1992.) "Report of the RCMNS working group on fossil mammals", Reisensburg 1990. Newsletters on Stratigraphy 26(2–3):65–118.
- Dam, J. A. van, Alcalá, L., Alonso Zarza, A., Calvo, J. P., Garcés, M. and Krijgsman, W. (2001.) "The Upper Miocene mammal record from the Teruel–Alfambra region (Spain). The MN system and continental stage/age concepts discussed." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(2):367–385. JSTOR 20061959.
- ↑ "Mammal Neogene Units". Paleobiology Database. Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ↑ Mein, P. (1990), Lindsay, Everett H.; Fahlbusch, Volker; Mein, Pierre (eds.), "Updating of MN Zones", European Neogene Mammal Chronology, NATO ASI Series, Boston, MA: Springer US, pp. 73–90, doi:10.1007/978-1-4899-2513-8_6, ISBN 978-1-4899-2513-8, retrieved 2021-06-02
- ↑ International Commission on Stratigraphy (2021.) - INTERNATIONAL CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIC CHART
- ↑ Norbert Schmidt-Kittler (ed.) "International symposium on mammalian biostratigraphy and paleoecology of the European Paleogene, Mainz, February 18th-21st 1987." Münchner geowiss. Abh., 10, 1-311.
- ↑ İslamoğlu, Yeşim; Harzhauser, Mathias; Gross, Martin; Jiménez-Moreno, Gonzalo; Čorić, Stjepan; Kroh, Andreas; Rögl, Fred; van der Made, Jan (2006). "From Tethys to Eastern Paratethys: Oligocene depositional environments, paleoecology and paleobiogeography of the Thrace Basin (NW Turkey)". International Journal of Earth Sciences. 99 (1). Springer: 183–200. doi:10.1007/s00531-008-0378-0. S2CID 54934222.
- ↑ Floréal Solé; Bernard Marandat; Fabrice Lihoreau (2020). "The hyaenodonts (Mammalia) from the French locality of Aumelas (Hérault), with possible new representatives from the late Ypresian". Geodiversitas. 42 (13): 185–214. doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2020v42a13. S2CID 219585388.
