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
- F. M. Gradstein, J. G. Ogg, M. D. Schmitz and G. M. Ogg. 2020. Geologic Time Scale 2020 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, and A. G. Smith. 2004. A Geologic Time Scale 2004 1-589 view
- M. Kretzoi. 1942. Necroteuthis n. g. (Ceph. Dibr., Necroteuthidae N. F.) aus dem Oligozän von Budapest und das system der Dibranchiata. Földtani Közlöny 72:125-238 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 126884 collections
International Chronostratigraphic Timescale | Ten Million Year Bins | Ordovician of North America | |||||||||||||
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Ordovician | Late Ordovician | Hirnantian | Ordovician 5 | Cincinnatian | Gamachian | 443.8 | |||||||||
Katian | 445.2 | ||||||||||||||
Richmondian | 446 * | ||||||||||||||
Maysvillian | Rocklandian †/Shermanian/Ashbyan/Kirkfieldian/Blackriveran/Wildernessian/Trentonian/Franklinian | 449.8 * | |||||||||||||
Edenian | 450.4 * | ||||||||||||||
Mohawkian | Chatfieldian | 451.1 * | |||||||||||||
Sandbian | Ordovician 4 | 453 | |||||||||||||
Turinian | 453.7 * | ||||||||||||||
Whiterockian | Canadian † | Chazyan †/Marmor | 457 * | ||||||||||||
Middle Ordovician | Darriwilian | Ordovician 3 | 458.4 | ||||||||||||
Dapingian | Ordovician 2 | 467.3 | |||||||||||||
Rangerian | 469.1 * | ||||||||||||||
Early Ordovician | Floian | Ibexian | Blackhillsian | Jeffersonian † | Cassinian † | 470 | |||||||||
Tulean | 473.9 * | ||||||||||||||
Tremadocian | Ordovician 1 | 477.7 | |||||||||||||
Stairsian | 480.3 * | ||||||||||||||
Skullrockian/Demingian | 482 * | ||||||||||||||
485.4 | |||||||||||||||
487.5 |