International Chronostratigraphic Timescale
The interval definitions in this timescale are derived from the following sources:
- K. M. Cohen, S.C. Finney, P.L. Gibbard and J.-X. Fan. 2023. The ICS International Chronostratigraphic Chart v2023/09. view
- W. B. Harland, R. L. Armstrong, A. V. Cox, L. E. Craig, A. G. Smith and D. G. Smith. 1990. A Geologic Time Scale 1989. view
- J. A. Lillegraven and M. C. McKenna. 1986. Fossil mammals from the "Mesaverde" Formation (Late Cretaceous, Judithian) of the Bighorn and Wind River basins, Wyoming, with definitions of Late Cretaceous North American Land-Mammal "Ages". American Museum Novitates 2840:1-68 view
- M. Freudenthal. 2006. Mammal Paleogene zones. personal communication view
- Z.-X. Qiu and Z.-D. Qiu. 1995. Chronological sequence and subdivision of Chinese Neogene mammalian faunas. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 116(1-2):41-70 view
There are 59 timescales which overlap this one. show
Interval names marked with † are no longer in current use.
This timescale is used in the definition of 126528 collections
| International Chronostratigraphic Timescale | Obsolete Names for ICS Units | Neogene Mammal Ages of China | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neogene | Pliocene | Piacenzian | Tertiary † | Yushean | 2.58 | ||
| Zanclean | 3.6 | ||||||
| Baodean | 4.9 | ||||||
| Miocene | Messinian | 5.333 | |||||
| Tortonian | 7.246 | ||||||
| Tunggurian | 11.1 | ||||||
| Serravallian | 11.63 | ||||||
| Langhian | Shanwangian | 13.82 | |||||
| Burdigalian | 15.98 | ||||||
| Xiejiaan | 16.9 | ||||||
| Aquitanian | 20.44 | ||||||
| 23.03 | |||||||
| 66 | |||||||