PBDB Timescale

Cenozoic Subepochs

The interval definitions in this timescale are derived from the following sources:

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

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This timescale is used in the definition of 13283 collections

International Chronostratigraphic Timescale			Cenozoic Subepochs	Ten Million Year Bins
Quaternary	Holocene	Meghalayan		Cenozoic 6	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	Early Pleistocene		1.8
Neogene	Pliocene	Piacenzian	Late Pliocene		2.58
	Pliocene	Zanclean	Early Pliocene		3.6
	Miocene	Messinian	Late Miocene		5.333
		Tortonian	Late Miocene		7.246
		Serravallian	Middle Miocene	Cenozoic 5	11.63
		Langhian	Middle Miocene		13.82
		Burdigalian	Early Miocene		15.98
		Aquitanian	Early Miocene		20.44
Paleogene	Oligocene	Chattian	Late Oligocene	Cenozoic 4	23.03
	Oligocene	Rupelian	Early Oligocene	Cenozoic 4	27.82
	Eocene	Priabonian	Late Eocene	Cenozoic 3	33.9
		Bartonian	Middle Eocene	Cenozoic 3	37.71
		Lutetian	Middle Eocene	Cenozoic 2	41.2
		Ypresian	Early Eocene	Cenozoic 2	47.8
	Paleocene	Thanetian	Late Paleocene	Cenozoic 1	56
		Selandian	Middle Paleocene		59.2
		Danian	Early Paleocene		61.6
Cretaceous	Late Cretaceous	Maastrichtian		Cretaceous 8	66
		Campanian		Cretaceous 7	72.1
		Santonian		Cretaceous 6	83.6
		Coniacian			86.3
		Turonian			89.8
		Cenomanian		Cretaceous 5	93.9
	Early Cretaceous	Albian		Cretaceous 4	100.5
		Aptian		Cretaceous 3	113
		Barremian		Cretaceous 2	121.4
		Hauterivian		Cretaceous 2	125.77
		Valanginian		Cretaceous 1	132.6
		Berriasian		Cretaceous 1	139.8
Jurassic	Late Jurassic	Tithonian		Jurassic 6	145
		Kimmeridgian		Jurassic 5	149.2
		Oxfordian			154.8
	Middle Jurassic	Callovian			161.5
		Bathonian		Jurassic 4	165.3
		Bajocian		Jurassic 4	168.2
		Aalenian		Jurassic 3	170.9
	Early Jurassic	Toarcian		Jurassic 3	174.7
		Pliensbachian		Jurassic 2	184.2
		Sinemurian		Jurassic 1	192.9
		Hettangian		Jurassic 1	199.5
Triassic	Late Triassic	Rhaetian		Triassic 4	201.4
		Norian		Triassic 4	208.5
		Carnian		Triassic 3	227
	Middle Triassic	Ladinian		Triassic 2	237
	Middle Triassic	Anisian		Triassic 2	242
	Early Triassic	Olenekian		Triassic 1	247.2
	Early Triassic	Induan		Triassic 1	251.2
Permian	Lopingian	Changhsingian		Permian 4	251.902
	Lopingian	Wuchiapingian			254.14
	Guadalupian	Capitanian			259.51
		Wordian			264.28
		Roadian		Permian 3	266.9
	Cisuralian	Kungurian		Permian 2	273.01
		Artinskian			283.5
		Sakmarian			290.1
		Asselian		Permian 1	293.52
Carboniferous	Pennsylvanian	Gzhelian		Carboniferous 5	298.9
		Kasimovian		Carboniferous 5	303.7
		Moscovian		Carboniferous 4	307
		Bashkirian		Carboniferous 4	315.2
	Mississippian	Serpukhovian		Carboniferous 3	323.2
		Visean		Carboniferous 2	330.9
		Tournaisian		Carboniferous 1	346.7
Devonian	Late Devonian	Famennian		Devonian 5	358.9
	Late Devonian	Frasnian		Devonian 4	372.2
	Middle Devonian	Givetian		Devonian 3	382.7
	Middle Devonian	Eifelian		Devonian 3	387.7
	Early Devonian	Emsian		Devonian 2	393.3
		Pragian		Devonian 1	407.6
		Lochkovian		Devonian 1	410.8
Silurian	Pridoli			Silurian 2	419.2
	Ludlow	Ludfordian			423
	Ludlow	Gorstian			425.6
	Wenlock	Homerian			427.4
	Wenlock	Sheinwoodian			430.5
	Llandovery	Telychian		Silurian 1	433.4
		Aeronian			438.5
		Rhuddanian			440.8
Ordovician	Late Ordovician	Hirnantian		Ordovician 5	443.8
		Katian		Ordovician 5	445.2
		Sandbian		Ordovician 4	453
	Middle Ordovician	Darriwilian	Ordovician 3	458.4
	Middle Ordovician	Dapingian	Ordovician 2	467.3
	Early Ordovician	Floian	Ordovician 2	470
	Early Ordovician	Tremadocian	Ordovician 1	477.7
Cambrian	Furongian	Stage 10	Cambrian 5	485.4
		Jiangshanian		489.5
		Paibian		494
	Miaolingian	Guzhangian	Cambrian 4	497
		Drumian	Cambrian 4	500.5
		Wuliuan	Cambrian 3	504.5
	Series 2	Stage 4	Cambrian 3	509
	Series 2	Stage 3	Cambrian 2	514
	Terreneuvian	Stage 2	Cambrian 2	521
	Terreneuvian	Fortunian	Cambrian 1	529
					538.8