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
- M. Freudenthal. 2006. Mammal Paleogene zones. personal communication view
- F. F. Steininger, W. A. Berggren, D. V. Kent, R. L. Bernor, S. Sen and J. Agusti. 1996. Circum-Mediterranean Neogene (Miocene and Pliocene) marine-continental chronologic correlations of European mammal units. The Evolution of Western Eurasian Neogene Mammal Faunas (eds. R. L. Bernor, V. Fahlbusch, and H.-W. Mittmann) view
- A. D. Barnosky, M. Holmes, R. Kirchholtes, E. Lindsey, K.C. Maguire, A.W. Poust, M.A. Stegner, J. Sunseri, B. Swartz, J. Swift, N.A. Villavicencio and G. Wogan. 2014. Prelude to the Anthropocene: Two new North American Land Mammal Ages (NALMAs). The Anthropocene Review I(3):225-242 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.
This timescale is used in the definition of 126290 collections
| International Chronostratigraphic Timescale | Mammal Paleogene Zones | European Faunal Units | North American Land Mammal Ages | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quaternary | Holocene | Meghalayan | Saintaugustinean | 0 | |||
| Santarosean | 0.0004 | ||||||
| Northgrippian | 0.0042 | ||||||
| Greenlandian | 0.0082 | ||||||
| Pleistocene | Late Pleistocene | 0.0117 | |||||
| Rancholabrean | 0.014 | ||||||
| Chibanian | 0.129 | ||||||
| Irvingtonian | 0.21 | ||||||
| Calabrian | 0.774 | ||||||
| Blancan | 1.4 | ||||||
| Gelasian | 1.8 | ||||||
| Neogene | Pliocene | Piacenzian | Villanyian | 2.58 | |||
| Ruscinian | 3.1 * | ||||||
| Zanclean | 3.6 | ||||||
| Hemphillian | 4.7 | ||||||
| Miocene | Messinian | Turolian | 5.333 | ||||
| Tortonian | 7.246 | ||||||
| Vallesian | 8.7 | ||||||
| Clarendonian | 9.4 | ||||||
| Serravallian | Astaracian | 11.63 | |||||
| Barstovian | 12.5 | ||||||
| Langhian | 13.82 | ||||||
| Burdigalian | Orleanian | 15.98 | |||||
| Hemingfordian | 16.3 | ||||||
| Arikareean | 18.5 | ||||||
| Agenian | 20 | ||||||
| Aquitanian | 20.44 | ||||||
| Paleogene | Oligocene | Chattian | MP 30/MP 29/MP 28/MP 27/MP 26 | MP 25 | 23.03 | ||
| Rupelian | MP 24/MP 23/MP 22/MP 21 | 27.82 | |||||
| Whitneyan | 29.5 | ||||||
| Orellan | 31.8 | ||||||
| Eocene | Priabonian | MP 20/MP 19/MP 18/MP 17B/MP 17A | Chadronian | 33.9 | |||
| Duchesnean | 37 | ||||||
| Bartonian | MP 16 | 37.71 | |||||
| Uintan | 39.7 | ||||||
| Lutetian | MP 15/MP 14/MP 13/MP 12/MP 11 | 41.2 | |||||
| Bridgerian | 46.2 | ||||||
| Ypresian | MP 10/MP 8 + 9/MP 7 | 47.8 | |||||
| Wasatchian | 50.5 | ||||||
| Clarkforkian | 54.9 | ||||||
| Paleocene | Thanetian | MP 6 | MP 1 - 5 | 56 | |||
| Tiffanian | 56.2 | ||||||
| Selandian | 59.2 | ||||||
| Torrejonian | 60.9 | ||||||
| Danian | 61.6 | ||||||
| Puercan | 63.8 | ||||||
| 66 | |||||||