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Refilling of the Mediterranean Sea
Refilling of the Mediterranean Sea
The Zanclean Stage (5.33–3.60 Ma) is the first age in the Pliocene, occurring after the Messinian (Miocene), and before the Piacenzian.
Geologic Age
Geologic Age
5.333–3.60 million years ago
Eon / Era / Period / Epoch
Eon / Era / Period / Epoch
What happened during this time?
What happened during this time?
Water from the Atlantic Ocean refilled the Mediterranean basin.
A channel opened from the Atlantic Ocean, through the modern-day Gibraltar Strait, and carried ocean water over a distance of over 200 km.
The Mediterranean Sea was filled over a period estimated between several months and two years.
Earliest records of Australopithecus africanus from 3.9 million years old.
Additional Resources
Additional Resources
Animation model of the the Zanclean Flood
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