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
- 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
- J. A. Lillegraven and M. C. McKenna. 1986. Fossil mammals from the "Mesaverde" Formation (Late Cretaceous, Judithian) of the Bighorn and Wind River basins, Wyoming, with definitions of Late Cretaceous North American Land-Mammal "Ages". American Museum Novitates 2840:1-68 view
- 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
- J. Alroy. 2000. New methods for quantifying macroevolutionary patterns and processes. Paleobiology 26(4):707-733 view
- P. L. Gibbard, M. J. Head, and M. J. C. Walker. 2010. Formal ratification of the Quaternary System/Period and the Pleistocene Series/Epoch with a base at 2.58 Ma. Journal of Quaternary Science 25(2):96-102 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 126700 collections
International Chronostratigraphic Timescale | North American Mammal Subages/Zones | Cenozoic Subepochs of Southern Europe | |||||
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Quaternary | Holocene | Meghalayan | 0 | ||||
Northgrippian | 0.0042 | ||||||
Greenlandian | 0.0082 | ||||||
Pleistocene | Late Pleistocene | Sheridanian | Tarantian | 0.0117 | |||
Chibanian | Ionian | 0.129 | |||||
Cudahyan/Sappan | 0.21 | ||||||
Calabrian | 0.774 | ||||||
Senecan/Rexroadian | 1.4 | ||||||
Gelasian | 1.8 | ||||||
2.58 | |||||||
4.7 |