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Pliocene

second and final epoch of the Neogene Period
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Summary

Pliocene is an epoch[1]. Pliocene draws 8,667 Wikipedia views per month (epoch category, ranking #4 of 20).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: series[3]
  • Follows: Miocene[4]
  • Followed by: Pleistocene[5]
  • Part of: Neogene[6], ICS Standard Global Chronostratigraphic (Geochronologic) Scale[7]
  • Commons category: Pliocene[8]
  • SRGB color hex triplet: FFFF99[9]
  • Has part(s): Zanclean[10], Piacenzian[11]
  • Start time: -5333000-00-00T00:00:00Z[12]
  • End time: -2580000-00-00T00:00:00Z[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pliocene[14]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[15], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[17]
  • Partially coincident with: Redonien[18]
  • Named by: Charles Lyell[19]

Why It Matters

Pliocene has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Pliocene is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Cascade Range Charles Lyell

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2023/09. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2023/09. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2023/09. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2023/09. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . stratigraphy.org. stratigraphy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2023/09. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2023/09. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2023/09. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2023/09. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    End time → -2580000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Named by → Charles Lyell
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