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. Meng and M. C. McKenna. 1998. Faunal turnovers of Paleogene mammals from the Mongolian Plateau. Nature 394:364-367 view
- F. M. Gradstein, J. G. Ogg, M. D. Schmitz and G. M. Ogg. 2020. Geologic Time Scale 2020 view
- F. M. Gradstein, J. G. Ogg, and A. G. Smith. 2004. A Geologic Time Scale 2004 1-589 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 126689 collections
| International Chronostratigraphic Timescale | Paleogene Mammal Ages of Asia | Cenozoic Subepochs | Ten Million Year Bins | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paleogene | Oligocene | Chattian | Tabenbulakian | Hsandagolian | Late Oligocene | Cenozoic 4 | 23.03 | ||||
| Rupelian | Kekeamuan | Early Oligocene | 27.82 | ||||||||
| Eocene | Priabonian | Houldjinian/Ergilian/Ulangochuian | Late Eocene | Cenozoic 3 | 33.9 | ||||||
| Bartonian | Sharamurunian/Irdinmanhan/Arshantan | Middle Eocene | 37.71 | ||||||||
| Lutetian | Cenozoic 2 | 41.2 | |||||||||
| Ypresian | Bumbanian | Early Eocene | 47.8 | ||||||||
| Paleocene | Thanetian | Gashatan | Late Paleocene | Cenozoic 1 | 56 | ||||||
| Selandian | Middle Paleocene | 59.2 | |||||||||
| Danian | Early Paleocene | 61.6 | |||||||||
| 66 | |||||||||||