Thanetian age
59.2 - 56 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 8 timescales which overlap this one. show
This interval is used in the definition of 887 collections
A total of 1502 collections with 11455 occurrences lie within this time span
| International Chronostratigraphic Timescale | Cenozoic Subepochs | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quaternary | Holocene | Meghalayan | 0 | |
| Northgrippian | 0.0042 | |||
| Greenlandian | 0.0082 | |||
| Pleistocene | Late Pleistocene | Late Pleistocene | 0.0117 | |
| Chibanian | Middle Pleistocene | 0.129 | ||
| Calabrian | Early Pleistocene | 0.774 | ||
| Gelasian | 1.8 | |||
| Neogene | Pliocene | Piacenzian | Late Pliocene | 2.58 |
| Zanclean | Early Pliocene | 3.6 | ||
| Miocene | Messinian | Late Miocene | 5.333 | |
| Tortonian | 7.246 | |||
| Serravallian | Middle Miocene | 11.63 | ||
| Langhian | 13.82 | |||
| Burdigalian | Early Miocene | 15.98 | ||
| Aquitanian | 20.44 | |||
| Paleogene | Oligocene | Chattian | Late Oligocene | 23.03 |
| Rupelian | Early Oligocene | 27.82 | ||
| Eocene | Priabonian | Late Eocene | 33.9 | |
| Bartonian | Middle Eocene | 37.71 | ||
| Lutetian | 41.2 | |||
| Ypresian | Early Eocene | 47.8 | ||
| Paleocene | Thanetian | Late Paleocene | 56 | |
| Selandian | Middle Paleocene | 59.2 | ||
| Danian | Early Paleocene | 61.6 | ||
| 66 | ||||