The Aquitanian Stage (23.0-20.4 Ma) is the first age in the Miocene epoch, occurring before the Burdigalian and after the Chattian (Oligocene)
23.03–20.44 million years ago
An age that is dry and noted for cooling
The alternate-leaved dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) split from its closest relatives in eastern Asia around 22 million years ago.