The Turolian age is a period of
geologic time (9.0–5.3
Ma) within the
Miocene
The Miocene ( ) is the first epoch (geology), geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and mea ...
used more specifically with
European Land Mammal Ages. It precedes the
Ruscinian age and follows the
Vallesian age. The Turolian overlaps the
Tortonian
The Tortonian is in the geologic time scale an age or stage of the late Miocene that spans the time between 11.608 ± 0.005 Ma and 7.246 ± 0.005 Ma (million years ago). It follows the Serravallian and is followed by the Messinian.
The Torto ...
and
Messinian ages.
Paleo Database: Turolian
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Miocene
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