MN zonation
The MN zonation is a system used to correlate mammal-bearing fossil localities in the Miocene and Pliocene epochs of Europe. It consists of sixteen consecutive zones defined through reference faunas, well-known sites that other localities can be correlated with.
The zones are as follows:
| Interval | Start | End | Age |
| MN 1 | 23.8 Ma | 22.4 Ma | Aquitanian, Agenian |
| MN 2 | 22.4 Ma | 20.0 Ma | |
| MN 3 | 20.0 | 16.9 Ma | |
| MN 4 | 16.9 Ma | 16.0 Ma | |
| MN 5 | 16.0 Ma | 13.7 Ma | |
| MN 6 | 13.7 Ma | 12.75 Ma | |
| MN 7/8 | 12.75 Ma | 11.1 Ma | |
| MN 9 | 11.1 Ma | 9.7 Ma | |
| MN 10 | 9.7 Ma | 8.7 Ma | |
| MN 11 | 8.7 Ma | 7.75 Ma | |
| MN 12 | 7.75 Ma | 7.0 | |
| MN 13 | 7.0 | 4.9 Ma | |
| MN 14 | 4.9 Ma | 4.2 Ma | |
| MN 15 | 4.2 Ma | 3.2 Ma | |
| MN 16 | 3.2 Ma | 2.5 Ma | |
| MN 17 | 2.5 Ma | 2.0 Ma | Gelasian |
