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
- 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
- F. M. Gradstein, J. G. Ogg, M. D. Schmitz and G. M. Ogg. 2020. Geologic Time Scale 2020 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
- J. Meng and M. C. McKenna. 1998. Faunal turnovers of Paleogene mammals from the Mongolian Plateau. Nature 394:364-367 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 127258 collections
| International Chronostratigraphic Timescale | Cenozoic Subepochs | Paleogene Mammal Ages of Asia | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paleogene | Oligocene | Chattian | Late Oligocene | Tabenbulakian | Hsandagolian | 23.03 | |
| Rupelian | Early Oligocene | Kekeamuan | 27.82 | ||||
| Eocene | Priabonian | Late Eocene | Houldjinian/Ergilian/Ulangochuian | 33.9 | |||
| Bartonian | Middle Eocene | Sharamurunian/Irdinmanhan/Arshantan | 37.71 | ||||
| Lutetian | 41.2 | ||||||
| Ypresian | Early Eocene | Bumbanian | 47.8 | ||||
| Paleocene | Thanetian | Late Paleocene | Gashatan | 56 | |||
| Selandian | Middle Paleocene | 59.2 | |||||
| Danian | Early Paleocene | 61.6 | |||||
| 66 | |||||||