The
Langhian is, in the
ICS geologic timescale, an
age or
stage in the middle
Miocene epoch/
series. It spans the time between 15.97 ± 0.05
Ma and 13.65 ± 0.05 Ma (million years ago). The Langhian was a continuing warming period defined by Lorenzo Pareto in 1865, it was originally established in the
Langhe area north of
Ceva in northern Italy, hence the name. The Langhian is preceded by the
Burdigalian and followed by the
Serravallian stage.