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
- P. L. Gibbard, M. J. Head, and M. J. C. Walker. 2010. Formal ratification of the Quaternary System/Period and the Pleistocene Series/Epoch with a base at 2.58 Ma. Journal of Quaternary Science 25(2):96-102 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. Freudenthal. 2006. Mammal Paleogene zones. personal communication view
There are 59 timescales which overlap this one. show
Interval names marked with † are no longer in current use.
This timescale is used in the definition of 127980 collections
| International Chronostratigraphic Timescale | Cenozoic Subepochs of Southern Europe | Ammonite Chrons of Northwest Europe | Mammal Paleogene Zones | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quaternary | Pleistocene | Late Pleistocene | Tarantian | 0.0117 | ||||
| Chibanian | Ionian | 0.129 | ||||||
| Calabrian | 0.774 | |||||||
| Gelasian | 1.8 | |||||||
| Neogene | Pliocene | Piacenzian | 2.58 | |||||
| Zanclean | 3.6 | |||||||
| Miocene | Messinian | 5.333 | ||||||
| Tortonian | 7.246 | |||||||
| Serravallian | 11.63 | |||||||
| Langhian | 13.82 | |||||||
| Burdigalian | 15.98 | |||||||
| Aquitanian | 20.44 | |||||||
| Paleogene | Oligocene | Chattian | MP 30/MP 29/MP 28/MP 27/MP 26 | MP 25 | 23.03 | |||
| Rupelian | MP 24/MP 23/MP 22/MP 21 | 27.82 | ||||||
| Eocene | Priabonian | MP 20/MP 19/MP 18/MP 17B/MP 17A | 33.9 | |||||
| Bartonian | MP 16 | 37.71 | ||||||
| Lutetian | MP 15/MP 14/MP 13/MP 12/MP 11 | 41.2 | ||||||
| Ypresian | MP 10/MP 8 + 9/MP 7 | 47.8 | ||||||
| Paleocene | Thanetian | MP 6 | MP 1 - 5 | 56 | ||||
| Selandian | 59.2 | |||||||
| Danian | 61.6 | |||||||
| Cretaceous | Late Cretaceous | Maastrichtian | 66 | |||||
| Campanian | 72.1 | |||||||
| Santonian | 83.6 | |||||||
| Coniacian | 86.3 | |||||||
| Turonian | 89.8 | |||||||
| Cenomanian | 93.9 | |||||||
| Early Cretaceous | Albian | 100.5 | ||||||
| Aptian | 113 | |||||||
| Barremian | 121.4 | |||||||
| Hauterivian | 125.77 | |||||||
| Valanginian | 132.6 | |||||||
| Berriasian | 139.8 | |||||||
| Jurassic | Late Jurassic | Tithonian | 145 | |||||
| Kimmeridgian | 149.2 | |||||||
| Oxfordian | 154.8 | |||||||
| Middle Jurassic | Callovian | 161.5 | ||||||
| Bathonian | 165.3 | |||||||
| Bajocian | Parkinsoni/Garantiana/Subfurcatum/Sauzei/Laeviuscula/Discites | 168.2 | ||||||
| Humphresianum | 168.4 | |||||||
| Aalenian | Concavum/Murchisonae/Opalinum | 170.9 | ||||||
| Early Jurassic | Toarcian | Levesquei/Variabilis/Bifrons | Thouarsense | 174.7 | ||||
| 180.1 | ||||||||
| Serpentinum/Falciferum/Tenuicostatum | 182 | |||||||
| Pliensbachian | Spinatum/Margaritatus/Davoei/Ibex/Jamesoni | 184.2 | ||||||
| Sinemurian | Raricostatum/Oxynotum/Obtusum/Turneri/Semicostatum/Bucklandi | 192.9 | ||||||
| Hettangian | Angulata/Liasicus/Planorbis | 199.5 | ||||||
| 201.4 | ||||||||