The Geologic Timescale

The Messinian Epoch in relation to Today:

Eon	Era	Period	Epoch	Duration (Millions of Years Ago)
Hadean	---	---	---	4567-3800
Archean	---	---	---	3800-2500
Proterozoic	---	---	---	2500-542
Phanerozoic	Paleozoic	Cambrian	---	542-488
		Ordovician	---	488-444
		Silurian	---	444-416
		Devonian	---	416-359
		Carboniferous	---	359-300
		Permian	---	300-251
	Mesozoic	Triassic	---	251-200
		Jurassic	---	200-145
		Cretaceous	---	145-65.5
	Cenozoic	Paleogene	Paleocene	65.5-55.8
			Eocene	55.8-33.9
			Oligocene	33.9-23.0
			Miocene	23.0-5.33
		Neogene	Pliocene	5.33-1.81
			Pleistocene	1.81-0.01
			Holocene	0.01-Present

Miocene Subdivisions:

Aquitanian (23.03-20.43 *MYA)
Burdgalian (20.43-15.97 MYA)
Langhian (15.97-13.65 MYA)
Serravallian (13.65-11.68 MYA)
Tortonian (11.608-7.246 MYA)
Messinian (7.246-5.332 MYA)

*MYA= Million Years Ago