Serravallian Stage

Serravallian Stage

      division of middle Miocene (Miocene Epoch) rocks, representing all rocks deposited worldwide during the Serravallian Age (13.8 million to 11.6 million years ago) of the Neogene Period (the past 23 million years). The Serravallian Stage is named for outcrops in the vicinity of Serravalle in the Scrivia Valley in Alessandria, Italy.

      The lower boundary of the Serravallian Stage nearly matches the extinction level of the calcareous nannoplankton (a single-celled, photosynthetic organism with a shell made up of calcium carbonate plates called coccoliths (coccolith)) Sphenolithus heteromorphus and the first occurrence of the foraminiferan (pseudopod-using unicellular organism protected by a test or shell) Fohsella fohsi. The upper boundary is nearly coincident with the first appearance of the foraminiferan Neogloboquadrina acostaensis. The Serravallian overlies the Langhian Stage and underlies the Tortonian Stage.

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