- 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 (million years...
- The
Zanclean flood or
Zanclean deluge is
theorized to have
refilled the
Mediterranean Sea 5.33 million
years ago. This
flooding ended the
Messinian salinity...
- The
great auk (Pinguinus impennis) is a
species of
flightless alcid that
became extinct in the mid-19th century. It was the only
modern species in the...
- The
Komodo dragon (Var**** komodoensis), also
known as the
Komodo monitor, is a
member of the
monitor lizard family Varanidae that is
endemic to the Indonesian...
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Piacenzian (3.600–2.58 Ma)
Zanclean (5.333–3.600 Ma) The
Piacenzian is
sometimes referred to as the Late Pliocene,
whereas the
Zanclean is
referred to as the...
-
Australopithecus common in East Africa;
Stone Age begins. 3.6 *
Zanclean Zanclean flooding of the
Mediterranean Basin.
Cooling climate continues from...
-
quite 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...
- C****owaries (Tok Pisin: muruk, Indonesian: kasuari) are
flightless birds of the
genus Casuarius in the
order Casuariiformes. They are
classified as ratites:...
- Formation, a
marine sedimentary unit of
Lower Pliocene (
Zanclean) age,
which were
deposited after the
Zanclean flood, in
which the
Mediterranean refilled after...
-
Pliocene Epoch is
subdivided into two ages:
Piacenzian Age,
preceded by
Zanclean Age The
Miocene Epoch is
subdivided into six ages:
Messinian Age, preceded...
