• 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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    The Mid-Piacenzian Warm Period (mPWP) (prior to 2009 known as the Middle Pliocene Warm Period ), or the Pliocene Thermal Maximum, was an interval of warm...
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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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    stages. From youngest to oldest they are: Piacenzian (3.60–2.58 Ma) Zanclean (5.33–3.60 Ma) The Piacenzian is sometimes referred to as the Late Pliocene...
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  • is an extinct species of Ardenna that lived in New Zealand during the Piacenzian stage. Tennyson, Alan J. D.; Salvador, Rodrigo B.; Tomotani, Barbara M...
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  • an extinct species of Eudyptula that lived in New Zealand during the Piacenzian stage. Thomas, Daniel B.; Tennyson, Alan J. D.; Marx, Felix G.; Ksepka...
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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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    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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    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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    Spotted hyena (category Extant Piacenzian first appearances)
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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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    Balaena montalionis (Piacenzian; Casina, Italy). Balaena mysticetus, Bowhead whale (Late Pleistocene to Modern) † Balaena ricei (Piacenzian; Rice's Pit, Yorktown...
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  • Langhian Serravallian Tortonian Messinian Pliocene (or Plyercream) Zanclean Piacenzian Quaternary Pleistocene Gelasian Calabrian Chibanian Late Pleistocene Holocene...
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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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    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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    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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    Aquitanian Burdigalian Langhian Serravallian Tortonian Messinian Zanclean Piacenzian         Subdivision of the Neogene according to the ICS, as of 2023. Vertical...
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    European mantis Temporal range: Piacenzian – Recent Adult female, Romania Conservation status Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain:...
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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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    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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  • species, O. tournoueri. Oreonagor tournoueri remains have been found at the Piacenzian site of Ain Boucherit in Algeria. Sahnouni, Mohamed; Van der Made, Jan;...
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    which peaked dramatically around 2.6 million years (Ma) ago during the Piacenzian age. 2010 Haiti earthquake Central America Volcanic Arc Gonâve microplate...
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    Nutria (category Extant Piacenzian first appearances)
    The nutria (/ˈnjuːtriə/) or coypu (/ˈkɔɪpuː/) (Myocastor coypus) is a herbivorous, semiaquatic rodent from South America. Classified for a long time as...
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