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. 2014 Sep 9;9(9):e106499. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106499

Table 1. Summary of sampled North American Land Mammal Age (NALMA) subdivisions.

Epoch NALMA subdivision Age Range (Ma) Midpoint Age (M) Number of species Number of fossil localities Area (km2)
Pleistocene Rancholabrean 0.25–0.011 0.1305 222 180 176615.9
Pliocene Irvingtonian II 0.85–0.25 0.55 189 94 144745.5
Pliocene Irvingtonian I 1.72–0.85 1.285 102 37 60361.4
Pliocene Blancan V 2.5–1.72 2.11 165 130 125042.6
Pliocene Blancan III 4.1–2.5 3.3 183 163 122839.5
Pliocene Blancan I 4.9–4.1 4.5 85 66 140433.4
Miocene Early late Hemphillian 6.7–5.9 6.3 68 46 20108.2
Miocene Late early Hemphillian 7.5–6.7 7.1 63 55 29446.7
Miocene Early early Hemphillian 9–7.5 8.25 65 47 31455.8
Miocene Clarendonian 12.5–9 10.75 104 90 36139.8
Miocene Late Barstovian 14.8–12.5 13.6 195 194 33789.1
Miocene Early Barstovian 15.9–14.8 15.5 150 168 51753.3
Miocene Late Hemingfordian 17.5–15.9 16.7 100 83 25478.4
Miocene Early Hemingfordian 18.8–17.5 18.15 107 105 45531.3
Miocene Late late Arikareean 19.5–18.8 19.15 108 123 38307.2
Oligocene/Miocene Early late Arikareean 23.8–19.5 21.65 71 67 37892.2
Oligocene Late early Arikareean 27.9–23.8 25.85 95 65 20927.8
Oligocene Early early Arikareean 30–27.9 28.95 116 124 15382.3
Oligocene Late Orellan 33.1–32 32.55 38 36 17725.7
Oligocene Early Orellan 33.7–33.1 33.4 88 130 5579.8
Eocene Middle Chadronian 35.7–34.7 35.3 88 37 10349.7