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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 ago) and 3.6 ± 0.005 Ma. It is preceded by the Messinian Age of the Miocene Epoch, and followed by the Piacenzian Age.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zanclean | Celestial body | Earth | 1.00 | infobox |
| Zanclean | Chronological unit | Age | 1.00 | infobox |
| Zanclean | Formerly part of | Tertiary Period/System | 1.00 | infobox |
| Zanclean | Lower boundary definition | Base of the Thvera magnetic event (C3n.4n), which is only 96 ka (5 precession cycles) younger than the GSSP | 1.00 | infobox |
| Zanclean | Lower boundary GSSP | Heraclea Minoa section, Heraclea Minoa, Cattolica Eraclea, Sicily, Italy .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-… | 1.00 | infobox |
| Zanclean | Lower GSSP ratified | 2000 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Zanclean | Name formality | Formal | 1.00 | infobox |
| Zanclean | Regional usage | Global (ICS) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Zanclean | Stratigraphic unit | Stage | 1.00 | infobox |
| Zanclean | Time scale(s) used | ICS Time Scale | 1.00 | infobox |
| Zanclean | Time span formality | Formal | 1.00 | infobox |
| Zanclean | Upper boundary definition | Base of Gauss/Gilbert (C2An/C2Ar) magnetic reversal | 1.00 | infobox |
| Zanclean | Upper boundary GSSP | Punta Piccola Section, Porto Empedocle, Sicily, Italy 37°17′20″N 13°29′36″E / 37.2889°N 13.4933°E / 37.2889; 13.4933 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Zanclean | Upper GSSP ratified | January 1997 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Zanclean | is a | lowest stage or earliest age on the geologic time scale of the Pliocene | 0.90 | text |
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