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
- 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
- J. Meng and M. C. McKenna. 1998. Faunal turnovers of Paleogene mammals from the Mongolian Plateau. Nature 394:364-367 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
- F. M. Gradstein, J. G. Ogg, M. D. Schmitz and G. M. Ogg. 2020. Geologic Time Scale 2020 view
- J. I. Raine, A. G. Beu, A. F. Boyes, H. J. Campbell, R. A. Cooper, J. S. Crampton, M. P. Crundwell, C. J. Hollis, and H. E. G. Morgans. 2015. Revised Calibration of the New Zealand Geological Timescale: NZGT2015/1. GNS Science Report 2012(39) 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 126162 collections
International Chronostratigraphic Timescale | Ten Million Year Bins | Cretaceous-Cenozoic of New Zealand | ||||||||||||
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Cretaceous | Late Cretaceous | Maastrichtian | Cretaceous 8 | Mata | Haumurian | 66 | ||||||||
Campanian | Cretaceous 7 | 72.1 | ||||||||||||
Santonian | Cretaceous 6 | Piripauan | 83.6 | |||||||||||
Raukumara | Teratan | 86.1 | ||||||||||||
Coniacian | 86.3 | |||||||||||||
Turonian | 89.8 | |||||||||||||
Mangaotanean | 90.5 | |||||||||||||
Arowhanan | 93.7 | |||||||||||||
Cenomanian | Cretaceous 5 | 93.9 | ||||||||||||
Clarence | Ngaterian | 95.2 | ||||||||||||
Motuan | 99.5 | |||||||||||||
Early Cretaceous | Albian | Cretaceous 4 | 100.5 | |||||||||||
Urutawan | 103.3 | |||||||||||||
Taitai | Korangan | 108.4 | ||||||||||||
Aptian | Cretaceous 3 | 113 | ||||||||||||
117.5 | ||||||||||||||
Barremian | Cretaceous 2 | 121.4 | ||||||||||||
Hauterivian | 125.77 | |||||||||||||
Valanginian | Cretaceous 1 | 132.6 | ||||||||||||
Berriasian | 139.8 | |||||||||||||
145 |