Age
Zanclean
5.3330 – 3.6000 Ma
The Zanclean is the lowest stage or earliest age on the geologic time scale of the Pliocene. It spans the time between 5.332 ± 0.005 Ma and 3.6 ± 0.005 Ma. It is preceded by the Messinian Age of the Miocene Epoch, and followed by the Piacenzian Age.
← Geological time scale
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Parent interval
Pliocene
Epoch