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, 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
- 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.
Interval names marked with † are no longer in current use.
This timescale is used in the definition of 126679 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 |