The Tyrrhenian Stage is the last
faunal stage of the
Pleistocene in
Italy. It runs from 0.26 million (260,000) to 0.01143 million (11,430) years ago.[1] It overlaps with the end of the
Middle Pleistocene and all of the
Late Pleistocene. The time period of the Tyrrhenian Stage is the same as that of the Senegalese fauna assemblage.[2]
Definition
The end of the Tyrrhenian is defined as exactly 10,000 Carbon-14 years before the present (0.01143 +/- 0.00013 mya), which is near to the end of the
Younger Dryas cold spell.[1]