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The Late Miocene (also known as Upper Miocene) is a sub-epoch of the Miocene Epoch made up of two stages. The Tortonian and Messinian stages comprise the Late Miocene sub-epoch.
The sub-epoch lasted from 11.608 ± 0.005 mya (million years ago) to 5.332 ± 0.005 Mya.
| Neogene period | |
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| Miocene | Pliocene |
| Aquitanian | Burdigalian | Langhian Serravallian | Tortonian | Messinian | Zanclean | Piacenzian → Quaternary |
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