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
- F. M. Gradstein, J. G. Ogg, M. D. Schmitz and G. M. Ogg. 2020. Geologic Time Scale 2020 view
- Z.-X. Qiu and Z.-D. Qiu. 1995. Chronological sequence and subdivision of Chinese Neogene mammalian faunas. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 116(1-2):41-70 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 126585 collections
| International Chronostratigraphic Timescale | Obsolete Names for ICS Units | Cenozoic Subepochs | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.58 | |||||||||||
| Paleogene | Oligocene | Chattian | Tertiary † | Late Oligocene | 23.03 | ||||||
| Rupelian | Early Oligocene | 27.82 | |||||||||
| Eocene | Priabonian | Late Eocene | 33.9 | ||||||||
| Bartonian | Middle Eocene | 37.71 | |||||||||
| Lutetian | 41.2 | ||||||||||
| Ypresian | Early Eocene | 47.8 | |||||||||
| Paleocene | Thanetian | Late Paleocene | 56 | ||||||||
| Selandian | Middle Paleocene | 59.2 | |||||||||
| Danian | Early Paleocene | 61.6 | |||||||||
| 66 | |||||||||||