Mammal Neogene zones
The Mammal Neogene zones or MN zones are system of biostratigraphic zones in the stratigraphic record used to correlate mammal-bearing fossil localities of the Neogene period of Europe. It consists of seventeen consecutive zones defined through reference faunas, well-known sites that other localities can be correlated with. MN 1 is the earliest zone, and MN 18 is the most recent. The MN zones are complementary with the MP zones in the Paleogene.
The zones are as follows:
| Interval | Reference Locality | Start | End | ICS stages |
| MN 18 | 2.0 Ma | 0 Ma | Gelasian to present | |
| MN 17 | Saint-Vallier | 2.5 Ma | 2.0 Ma | Gelasian |
| MN 16 | Arondelli / Triversa | 3.2 Ma | 2.5 Ma | Gelasian - Piacenzian - Zanclean |
| MN 15 | Perpignan | 4.2 Ma | 3.2 Ma | Zanclean |
| MN 14 | Podlesice | 4.9 Ma | 4.2 Ma | Zanclean |
| MN 13 | El Arquilla | 7.0 Ma | 4.9 Ma | Zanclean - Messinian |
| MN 12 | Los Mansuetos | 7.75 Ma | 7.0 Ma | Messinian - Tortonian |
| MN 11 | Crevillente 2 | 8.7 Ma | 7.75 Ma | Tortonian |
| MN 10 | Masia del Barbo | 9.7 Ma | 8.7 Ma | Tortonian |
| MN 9 | Can Llobateres | 11.1 Ma | 9.7 Ma | Tortonian |
| MN 7/8 | La Grive M | 12.75 Ma | 11.1 Ma | Tortonian - Serravallian |
| MN 6 | Sansan | 13.7 Ma | 12.75 Ma | Serravallian |
| MN 5 | Faluns Pont Levoy- Thenay | 16.0 Ma | 13.7 Ma | Serravallian - Langhian - Burdigalian |
| MN 4 | La Romieu | 16.9 Ma | 16.0 Ma | Burdigalian |
| MN 3 | Wintershof-West | 20.0 Ma | 16.9 Ma | Burdigalian |
| MN 2 |
| 22.4 Ma | 20.0 Ma | Burdigalian - Aquitanian |
| MN 1 | Paulhiac | 23.03 ± 0.05 Ma | 22.4 Ma | Aquitanian |