PBDB Interval

Gardnerbuttian subage

50.5 - 46.2 Ma

The definition of this interval in the timescale North American Mammal Subages/Zones is taken from the following source:

M. O. Woodburne. 1987. A prospectus of the North American Mammal Ages. In: Woodburne, M. O. (ed.), Cenozoic Mammals of North America. University of California Press, Berkelery, CA 285-290 view

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A total of 692 collections with 3748 occurrences lie within this time span

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International Chronostratigraphic Timescale			North American Mammal Subages/Zones			Cretaceous-Cenozoic of New Zealand
Quaternary	Holocene	Meghalayan				Wanganui	Haweran	0
		Northgrippian						0.0042
		Greenlandian						0.0082
	Pleistocene	Late Pleistocene	Sheridanian					0.0117
		Chibanian	Sheridanian					0.129
			Cudahyan/Sappan					0.21
							Castlecliffian	0.34
		Calabrian						0.774
			Senecan/Rexroadian					1.4
							Nukumaruan	1.63
		Gelasian					Nukumaruan	1.8
		Gelasian					Mangapanian	2.4
Neogene	Pliocene	Piacenzian					Mangapanian	2.58
		Piacenzian					Waipipian	3
		Zanclean					Waipipian	3.6
							Opoitian	3.7
			Late Hemphillian/late Early Hemphillian/early Early Hemphillian				Opoitian	4.7
	Miocene	Messinian				Taranaki	Kapitean	5.333
		Messinian					Tongaporutuan	7.2
		Tortonian						7.246
			Late Clarendonian/Early Clarendonian					9.4
						Southland	Waiauan	11.04
		Serravallian						11.63
			late Late Barstovian/early Late Barstovian/Early Barstovian					12.5
							Lillburnian	13.05
		Langhian					Lillburnian	13.82
							Clifdenian	15.1
						Pareora	Altonian	15.9
		Burdigalian						15.98
			Late Hemingfordian/Early Hemingfordian					16.3
			late Late Arikareean/early Late Arikareean/late Early Arikareean/early Early Arikareean	Harrisonian				18.5
							Otaian	18.7
		Aquitanian					Otaian	20.44
		Aquitanian				Landon	Waitakian	21.7
Paleogene	Oligocene	Chattian						23.03
				Monroecreekian				23.1 *
				Geringian				24.7 *
							Duntroonian	25.2
							Whaingaroan	27.3
		Rupelian						27.82
		Rupelian						29.5
	Eocene	Priabonian	Late Chadronian/Middle Chadronian/Early Chadronian					33.9
						Arnold	Runangan	34.6
							Kaiatan	36.7
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		Bartonian						37.71
							Bortonian	39.1
			Late Uintan/Early Uintan					39.7
		Lutetian						41.2
						Dannevirke	Porangan	42.6
							Heretaungan	45.7
			Twinbuttean/Blacksforkian/Gardnerbuttian					46.2
		Ypresian						47.8
							Mangaorapan	48.9
			Lostcabinian/Lysitean/Graybullian/Sandcouleean				Mangaorapan	50.5
			Lostcabinian/Lysitean/Graybullian/Sandcouleean				Waipawan	52
					Cf3/Cf2/Cf1		Waipawan	54.9
	Paleocene	Thanetian			Cf3/Cf2/Cf1		Teurian	56
		Thanetian			Ti6/Ti5/Ti4/Ti3/Ti2/Ti1			56.2
		Selandian			Ti6/Ti5/Ti4/Ti3/Ti2/Ti1			59.2
		Selandian			To3/To2/To1			60.9
		Danian			To3/To2/To1			61.6
		Danian			Pu3/Pu2/Pu1			63.8
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