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
- F. M. Gradstein, J. G. Ogg, and A. G. Smith. 2004. A Geologic Time Scale 2004 1-589 view
- F. M. Gradstein, J. G. Ogg, M. D. Schmitz and G. M. Ogg. 2020. Geologic Time Scale 2020 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
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Interval boundaries marked with * have been interpolated based on the differences between the ages for international timescale boundaries quoted in the source and the currently accepted ages for those boundaries.
Interval names marked with † are no longer in current use.
This timescale is used in the definition of 126654 collections
| International Chronostratigraphic Timescale | Obsolete Names for ICS Units | Cenozoic Subepochs | Neogene Mammal Ages of China | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neogene | Pliocene | Piacenzian | Tertiary † | Late Pliocene | Yushean | 2.58 | |||
| Zanclean | Early Pliocene | 3.6 | |||||||
| Baodean | 4.9 | ||||||||
| Miocene | Messinian | Late Miocene | 5.333 | ||||||
| Tortonian | 7.246 | ||||||||
| Tunggurian | 11.1 | ||||||||
| Serravallian | Middle Miocene | 11.63 | |||||||
| Langhian | Shanwangian | 13.82 | |||||||
| Burdigalian | Early Miocene | 15.98 | |||||||
| Xiejiaan | 16.9 | ||||||||
| Aquitanian | 20.44 | ||||||||
| 23.03 | |||||||||
| 66 | |||||||||