Quaternary period
2.58 - 0 Ma
The definition of this interval in the timescale International Chronostratigraphic Timescale is taken from the following source:
- K. M. Cohen, S.C. Finney, P.L. Gibbard and J.-X. Fan. 2023. The ICS International Chronostratigraphic Chart v2023/09. view
There are intervals in 9 timescales which overlap this one. show
This interval is used in the definition of 127 collections
A total of 13224 collections with 124036 occurrences lie within this time span
| International Chronostratigraphic Timescale | Cretaceous-Cenozoic of New Zealand | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quaternary | Holocene | Meghalayan | Wanganui | Haweran | 0 |
| Northgrippian | 0.0042 | ||||
| Greenlandian | 0.0082 | ||||
| Pleistocene | Late Pleistocene | 0.0117 | |||
| Chibanian | 0.129 | ||||
| Castlecliffian | 0.34 | ||||
| Calabrian | 0.774 | ||||
| Nukumaruan | 1.63 | ||||
| Gelasian | 1.8 | ||||
| Mangapanian | 2.4 | ||||
| Neogene | Pliocene | Piacenzian | 2.58 | ||
| Waipipian | 3 | ||||
| Zanclean | 3.6 | ||||
| Opoitian | 3.7 | ||||
| Miocene | Messinian | Taranaki | Kapitean | 5.333 | |
| Tongaporutuan | 7.2 | ||||
| Tortonian | 7.246 | ||||
| Southland | Waiauan | 11.04 | |||
| Serravallian | 11.63 | ||||
| Lillburnian | 13.05 | ||||
| Langhian | 13.82 | ||||
| Clifdenian | 15.1 | ||||
| Pareora | Altonian | 15.9 | |||
| Burdigalian | 15.98 | ||||
| Otaian | 18.7 | ||||
| Aquitanian | 20.44 | ||||
| Landon | Waitakian | 21.7 | |||
| Paleogene | Oligocene | Chattian | 23.03 | ||
| Duntroonian | 25.2 | ||||
| Whaingaroan | 27.3 | ||||
| Rupelian | 27.82 | ||||
| Eocene | Priabonian | 33.9 | |||
| Arnold | Runangan | 34.6 | |||
| Kaiatan | 36.7 | ||||
| Bartonian | 37.71 | ||||
| Bortonian | 39.1 | ||||
| Lutetian | 41.2 | ||||
| Dannevirke | Porangan | 42.6 | |||
| Heretaungan | 45.7 | ||||
| Ypresian | 47.8 | ||||
| Mangaorapan | 48.9 | ||||
| Waipawan | 52 | ||||
| Paleocene | Thanetian | Teurian | 56 | ||
| Selandian | 59.2 | ||||
| Danian | 61.6 | ||||
| 66 | |||||