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Langhian, the Glossary

The Langhian is, in the ICS geologic timescale, an age or stage in the middle Miocene Epoch/Series.^[1]

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Langhian first appearances
Miocene
Miocene geochronology

Astaracian

The Astaracian age is a period of geologic time, equivalent with the Middle Miocene and used more specifically with European Land Mammal Ages. Langhian and Astaracian are Miocene and Miocene geochronology.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Barstovian

The Barstovian North American Stage on the geologic timescale is the North American faunal stage according to the North American Land Mammal Ages chronology (NALMA), typically set from 16,300,000 to 13,600,000 years BP, a period of. Langhian and Barstovian are Miocene geochronology.

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Bigeyed sixgill shark

The bigeyed sixgill shark (Hexanchus nakamurai) is a cow shark of the family Hexanchidae.

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Biozone

In biostratigraphy, biostratigraphic units or biozones are intervals of geological strata that are defined on the basis of their characteristic fossil taxa, as opposed to a lithostratigraphic unit which is defined by the lithological properties of the surrounding rock.

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Bluntnose sixgill shark

The bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus), often simply called the cow shark, is the largest hexanchoid shark, growing to in length.

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Broadnose sevengill shark

The broadnose sevengill shark (Notorynchus cepedianus) is the only extant member of the genus Notorynchus, in the family Hexanchidae.

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Burdigalian

The Burdigalian is, in the geologic timescale, an age or stage in the early Miocene. Langhian and Burdigalian are geological ages, Miocene and Miocene geochronology.

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California

California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.

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Ceva

Ceva, the ancient Ceba, is a small Italian town in the province of Cuneo, region of Piedmont, east of Cuneo.

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Chlamydoselachidae

Chlamydoselachidae is a family of primitive deep-sea sharks in the order Hexanchiformes.

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Chronozone

A chronozone or chron is a unit in chronostratigraphy, defined by events such as geomagnetic reversals (magnetozones), or based on the presence of specific fossils (biozone or biochronozone).

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Cow shark

Cow sharks are a shark family, the Hexanchidae, characterized by an additional pair or pairs of gill slits.

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Cricetidae

The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea.

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European land mammal age

The European Land Mammal Mega Zones (abbreviation: ELMMZ, more commonly known as European land mammal ages or ELMA) are zones in rock layers that have a specific assemblage of fossils (biozones) based on occurrences of fossil assemblages of European land mammals.

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Fomm ir-Riħ

Fomm ir-Riħ (meaning mouth of the wind in Maltese), is a small bay in the limits of Mġarr on the western side of the island of Malta.

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Foraminifera

Foraminifera (Latin for "hole bearers"; informally called "forams") are single-celled organisms, members of a phylum or class of Rhizarian protists characterized by streaming granular ectoplasm for catching food and other uses; and commonly an external shell (called a "test") of diverse forms and materials.

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Geologic time scale

The geologic time scale or geological time scale (GTS) is a representation of time based on the rock record of Earth.

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Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point

A Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP), sometimes referred to as a golden spike, is an internationally agreed upon reference point on a stratigraphic section which defines the lower boundary of a stage on the geologic time scale.

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Hemingfordian

The Hemingfordian on the geologic timescale is the North American faunal stage according to the North American Land Mammal Ages chronology (NALMA), typically set from 20,600,000 to 16,300,000 years BP. Langhian and Hemingfordian are Miocene geochronology.

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Impact crater

An impact crater is a depression in the surface of a solid astronomical body formed by the hypervelocity impact of a smaller object.

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International Commission on Stratigraphy

The International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS), sometimes unofficially referred to as the "International Stratigraphic Commission", is a daughter or major subcommittee grade scientific daughter organization that concerns itself with stratigraphical, geological, and geochronological matters on a global scale.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

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Karydomys

Karydomys is a genus of fossil Eurasian hamster-like rodents in the subfamily Democricetodontinae from the Langhian stage in the middle Miocene epoch.

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Langhe

The Langhe (Langa is from old dialect Mons Langa et Bassa Langa) is a hilly area to the south and east of the river Tanaro in the provinces of Cuneo and Asti in Piedmont, northern Italy.

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Lartetotherium

Lartetotherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid that lived during the Miocene in Europe and possibly China.

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Lorenzo Pareto

Lorenzo Nicolò Pareto (Genoa, 6 December 1800 – Genoa, 19 June 1865) was an Italian geologist and statesman.

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Malta

Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Meiolania

Meiolania is an extinct genus of meiolaniid stem-turtle native to Australasia throughout much of the Cenozoic.

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Middle Miocene

The Middle Miocene is a sub-epoch of the Miocene epoch made up of two stages: the Langhian and Serravallian stages. Langhian and Middle Miocene are Miocene and Miocene geochronology.

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Middle Miocene disruption

The Middle Miocene Climatic Transition (MMCT) was a relatively steady period of climatic cooling that occurred around the middle of the Miocene, roughly 14 million years ago (Ma), during the Langhian stage, and resulted in the growth of ice sheet volumes globally, and the reestablishment of the ice of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS).

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Miocene

The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma).

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Nördlinger Ries

The Nördlinger Ries is an impact crater and large circular depression in western Bavaria and eastern Baden-Württemberg.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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North American land mammal age

The North American land mammal ages (NALMA) establishes a geologic timescale for North American fauna beginning during the Late Cretaceous and continuing through to the present.

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Oriental giant squirrel

Oriental giant squirrels are cat-sized tree squirrels from the genus Ratufa in the subfamily Ratufinae. Langhian and Oriental giant squirrel are Langhian first appearances.

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Orleanian

The Orleanian age is a period of geologic time (MN 3–5, (mya)), within the Miocene and used more specifically with European Land Mammal Ages. Langhian and Orleanian are Miocene and Miocene geochronology.

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Paratethys

The Paratethys sea, Paratethys ocean, Paratethys realm or just Paratethys was a large shallow inland sea that stretched from the region north of the Alps over Central Europe to the Aral Sea in Central Asia.

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Perissodactyla

Perissodactyla is an order of ungulates.

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Rhinoceros

A rhinoceros (rhinoceros or rhinoceroses), commonly abbreviated to rhino, is a member of any of the five extant species (or numerous extinct species) of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae; it can also refer to a member of any of the extinct species of the superfamily Rhinocerotoidea.

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Rodent

Rodents (from Latin rodere, 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia, which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws.

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Series (stratigraphy)

Series are subdivisions of rock layers based on the age of the rock and formally defined by international conventions of the geological timescale.

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Serravallian

The Serravallian is, in the geologic timescale, an age or a stage in the middle Miocene Epoch/Series, which spans the time between 13.82 Ma and 11.63 Ma (million years ago). Langhian and Serravallian are geological ages, Miocene and Miocene geochronology.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langhian

Also known as Langhian age.

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Langhian, the Glossary

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See also

Langhian first appearances

Miocene

Miocene geochronology

References