The Messinian is in the geologic timescale the last age or uppermost stage of the Miocene; it spans the time between 7.246 and 5.332 million years ago.
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from 25 million to 13 million years ago; appearance of grazing mammals
The Messinian is in the geologic timescale the last age or uppermost stage of the Miocene; it spans the time between 7.246 and 5.332 million years ago.