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
- F. M. Gradstein, J. G. Ogg, M. D. Schmitz and G. M. Ogg. 2020. Geologic Time Scale 2020 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
- J. Palfy, P. L. Smith, and J. K. Mortensen. 2000. A U-Pb and 40Ar/39Ar time scale for the Jurassic. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 37(6):923-944 view
- M. Harzhauser and W. E. Piller. 2004. Integrated stratigraphy of the Sarmatian (Upper Middle Miocene) in the western Central Paratethys. Stratigraphy 1(1):65-86 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 126699 collections
| International Chronostratigraphic Timescale | Ammonite Chrons of North America | Ten Million Year Bins | Ammonite Chrons of Northwest Europe | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jurassic | Late Jurassic | Tithonian | Jurassic 6 | 145 | ||||||||
| Kimmeridgian | Jurassic 5 | 149.2 | ||||||||||
| Oxfordian | 154.8 | |||||||||||
| Middle Jurassic | Callovian | 161.5 | ||||||||||
| Bathonian | Jurassic 4 | 165.3 | ||||||||||
| Bajocian | Epizigzagiceras | Parkinsoni/Garantiana/Subfurcatum/Sauzei/Laeviuscula/Discites | 168.2 | |||||||||
| Rotundum/Oblatum/Kirschneri/Crassicostatus/Widebayense | Humphresianum | 168.4 | ||||||||||
| Aalenian | Howelli/Scissum/Westermanni | Jurassic 3 | Concavum/Murchisonae/Opalinum | 170.9 | ||||||||
| Early Jurassic | Toarcian | Yakounensis/Hillebrandti/Crassicosta | Levesquei/Variabilis/Bifrons | Thouarsense | 174.7 | |||||||
| Planulata | 179.3 * | |||||||||||
| Arnioceras arnouldi | 179.8 * | |||||||||||
| 180.1 | ||||||||||||
| Kanense | 181.3 * | |||||||||||
| Serpentinum/Falciferum/Tenuicostatum | 182 | |||||||||||
| Carlottense | 182.3 * | |||||||||||
| Kunae | 183.5 * | |||||||||||
| Pliensbachian | Jurassic 2 | Spinatum/Margaritatus/Davoei/Ibex/Jamesoni | 184.2 | |||||||||
| Freboldi | 185.1 * | |||||||||||
| Whiteavesi/Imlayi | Tetraspidoceras | 186.2 * | ||||||||||
| 189.2 * | ||||||||||||
| Plesechioceras harbledownense/Asteroceras varians/Coroniceras | Canadensis | 190.3 * | ||||||||||
| Sinemurian | Jurassic 1 | Raricostatum/Oxynotum/Obtusum/Turneri/Semicostatum/Bucklandi | 192.9 | |||||||||
| Pseudaetomoceras | Psiloceras | 196.4 * | ||||||||||
| Franziceras/Euphyllites | 196.5 * | |||||||||||
| Hettangian | Angulata/Liasicus/Planorbis | 199.5 | ||||||||||
| 201.4 | ||||||||||||