Middle Pleistocene

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Middle Pleistocene (also known as the Ionian) is a stage of the Pleistocene Epoch. The beginning of the stage is defined by the last magnetic pole reversal 781,000 ± 5,000 years ago. The end of the stage is defined by the base of Eemian interglacial phase before final glacial episode of Pleistocene 126,000 ± 5,000 years ago.

References

[GeoWhen Database - Middle Pleistocene]

Tertiary sub-era			Quaternary sub-era
Neogene period
Miocene		Pliocene	Pleistocene	Holocene
Aquitanian	Burdigalian	Zanclean	Early	Mesolithic
Langhian	Serravallian	Piacenzian	Middle	Neolithic
Tortonian	Messinian	Gelasian	Late

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