• The Piacenzian is in the international geologic time scale the upper stage or latest age of the Pliocene. It spans the time between 3.6 ± 0.005 Ma and...
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    preceded by the Messinian Age of the Miocene Epoch, and followed by the Piacenzian Age. The Zanclean can be correlated with regionally used stages, such...
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    1967 (Piacenzian to the Gelasian stages of western United States and Mexico) Genus Podiceps Latham 1787 †Podiceps arndti Chandler, 1990 (Piacenzian stage...
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  • time between 2.58 Ma (million years ago) and 1.80 Ma. It follows the Piacenzian Stage (part of the Pliocene) and is followed by the Calabrian Stage. The...
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  • stages. From youngest to oldest they are: Piacenzian (3.600–2.58 Ma) Zanclean (5.333–3.600 Ma) The Piacenzian is sometimes referred to as the Late Pliocene...
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    recent) to lower (earlier): The Pliocene Epoch is subdivided into two ages: Piacenzian Age, preceded by Zanclean Age The Miocene Epoch is subdivided into six...
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    The Middle Pliocene Warm Period (mPWP), also known as the Mid-Piacenzian Warm Period or the Pliocene Thermal Maximum, was an interval of warm climate during...
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  • 4072/rbp.2018.2.01. Marco Spadi; Elsa Gliozzi; Maria Chiara Medici (2018). "Piacenzian–Gelasian non-marine ostracods from the Dunarobba Fossil Forest (Tiberino...
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    confidently placed from the Miocene-Pliocene boundary through the Zanclean and Piacenzian and just into the Gelasian, that is from 2.4 to 5.3 Mya, when the malar-striped...
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    and most yellow-bellied forms, all of which took place during the late Piacenzian (early Late Pliocene), c. 3 mya. Three species are poly- or paraphyletic...
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    Spotted hyena (category Extant Piacenzian first appearances)
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    whale from the Pliocene of Italy. The type specimen was found in the Piacenzian coastal claystone at Volterra. It was named in 1987 by G. Pilleri. "Globicephala...
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    the Pleistocene (the Gelasian), and fall into the late Pliocene (the Piacenzian). The early members of the genus Homo produced primitive tools, summarized...
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  • Age Age (Ma) Quaternary Pleistocene Gelasian younger Neogene Pliocene Piacenzian 2.58 3.600 Zanclean 3.600 5.333 Miocene Messinian 5.333 7.246 Tortonian...
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  • Burdigalian Langhian Serravallian Tortonian Messinian Pliocene Zanclean Piacenzian Quaternary Pleistocene Gelasian Calabrian Chibanian Late Pleistocene Holocene...
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    Balaena montalionis (Piacenzian; Casina, Italy). Balaena mysticetus, Bowhead whale (Late Pleistocene to Modern) † Balaena ricei (Piacenzian; Rice's Pit, Yorktown...
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  • Age Age (Ma) Quaternary Pleistocene Gelasian younger Neogene Pliocene Piacenzian 2.58 3.600 Zanclean 3.600 5.333 Miocene Messinian 5.333 7.246 Tortonian...
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    to have diverged from the black redstart group about 3 mya, during the Piacenzian. Genetically, common and black redstarts are still fairly compatible and...
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    of Florida. Fossils of the species have been found dating back to the Piacenzian, in the Tamiami formation. It has been introduced to Hawaii and lives...
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    formation of the Isthmus of Panama, around 3 million years ago in the Piacenzian age. In this exchange, a small number of species such as the New World...
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    Andean condor (category Extant Piacenzian first appearances)
    The Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) is a South American New World vulture and is the only member of the genus Vultur. It is found in the Andes mountains...
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    American black bear (category Extant Piacenzian first appearances)
    The American black bear (Ursus americanus), also known as the black bear, is a species of medium-sized bear endemic to North America. It is the continent's...
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    Aquitanian Burdigalian Langhian Serravallian Tortonian Messinian Zanclean Piacenzian         Subdivision of the Neogene according to the ICS, as of 2021. Vertical...
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    1990 (Piacenzian stage of North America) †Podiceps csarnotanus Kessler, 2009 (Piacenzian stage of Europe) †Podiceps discors Murray, 1967 (Piacenzian stage...
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    Megalodon (category Piacenzian extinctions)
    Otodus megalodon (/ˈmɛɡələdɒn/ MEG-əl-ə-don; meaning "big tooth"), commonly known as megalodon, is an extinct species of giant mackerel shark that lived...
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  • Limón Group. It preserves fossils dating back to the Middle Miocene to Piacenzian period. Aphera bananensis Isopisthus acer Pacuarescarus List of fossiliferous...
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  • Aquitanian Burdigalian Langhian Serravallian Tortonian Messinian Zanclean Piacenzian         Subdivision of the Neogene according to the ICS, as of 2021. Vertical...
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    Australopithecus (category Piacenzian first appearances)
    Australopithecus (/ˌɒstrələˈpɪθɪkəs, -loʊ-/, OS-trə-lə-PITH-i-kəs, -⁠loh-; from Latin australis 'southern', and Ancient Greek πίθηκος (pithekos) 'ape')...
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    Cetotheriophanes is an extinct rorqual from the late Pliocene (Piacenzian) of northern Italy. Cetotheriophanes was originally described as a subgenus of...
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    of the Pleistocene megafauna and Homo habilis. 2.58 * Neogene Pliocene Piacenzian Greenland ice sheet develops as the cold slowly intensifies towards the...
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