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
- 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
- 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. F. Steininger, W. A. Berggren, D. V. Kent, R. L. Bernor, S. Sen and J. Agusti. 1996. Circum-Mediterranean Neogene (Miocene and Pliocene) marine-continental chronologic correlations of European mammal units. The Evolution of Western Eurasian Neogene Mammal Faunas (eds. R. L. Bernor, V. Fahlbusch, and H.-W. Mittmann) 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.
This timescale is used in the definition of 127258 collections
International Chronostratigraphic Timescale | European Faunal Zones | ||||||
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Neogene | Pliocene | Piacenzian | MN 16 | 2.58 | |||
MN 15 | 3.2 | ||||||
Zanclean | 3.6 | ||||||
MN 14 | 4.2 | ||||||
MN 13 | 4.9 | ||||||
Miocene | Messinian | 5.333 | |||||
Tortonian | MN 12 | 7.246 | |||||
MN 11 | 7.75 | ||||||
MN 10 | 8.7 | ||||||
MN 9 | 9.7 | ||||||
MN 7 + 8 | 11.1 | ||||||
Serravallian | 11.63 | ||||||
MN 6 | 12.8 * | ||||||
Langhian | MN 5 | 13.82 | |||||
Burdigalian | MN 4 | 15.98 | |||||
MN 3 | 16.9 | ||||||
MN 2 | 20 | ||||||
Aquitanian | 20.44 | ||||||
MN 1 | 22.4 | ||||||
23.03 |