1. An age in the Early Miocene, preceded by the Aquitanian and followed by the Langhian.
2. The name of the corresponding European stage, dated radiometrically as about 20.43–15.97 Ma ago, which is roughly contemporaneous with the upper Saucesian (N. America), upper Otaian and Altonian (New Zealand), and the upper Longfordian and Batesfordian (Australia). The type section is at Le Coquillat, France. Mammals, including elephants, are important in the stratigraphic definition of this stage.