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
- M. Harzhauser and W. E. Piller. 2004. Integrated stratigraphy of the Sarmatian (Upper Middle Miocene) in the western Central Paratethys. Stratigraphy 1(1):65-86 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.
This timescale is used in the definition of 126762 collections
| International Chronostratigraphic Timescale | Cenozoic Subepochs of Southern Europe | Central Paratethys Stages | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Pannonian | 7.246 | |||
| Serravallian | Sarmatian | 11.63 | |||
| Badenian | 12.8 * | ||||
| 13.82 | |||||