PBDB Timescale

Ten Million Year Bins

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

J. I. Raine, A. G. Beu, A. F. Boyes, H. J. Campbell, R. A. Cooper, J. S. Crampton, M. P. Crundwell, C. J. Hollis, and H. E. G. Morgans. 2015. Revised Calibration of the New Zealand Geological Timescale: NZGT2015/1. GNS Science Report 2012(39) 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

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Interval names marked with † are no longer in current use.

This timescale is used in the definition of 1 collections

International Chronostratigraphic Timescale			Ten Million Year Bins	Permian-Jurassic of New Zealand		Ammonite Chrons of Northwest Europe
Quaternary	Holocene	Meghalayan	Cenozoic 6					0
		Northgrippian						0.0042
		Greenlandian						0.0082
	Pleistocene	Late Pleistocene						0.0117
		Chibanian						0.129
		Calabrian						0.774
		Gelasian						1.8
Neogene	Pliocene	Piacenzian						2.58
	Pliocene	Zanclean						3.6
	Miocene	Messinian						5.333
		Tortonian						7.246
		Serravallian	Cenozoic 5					11.63
		Langhian						13.82
		Burdigalian						15.98
		Aquitanian						20.44
Paleogene	Oligocene	Chattian	Cenozoic 4					23.03
	Oligocene	Rupelian	Cenozoic 4					27.82
	Eocene	Priabonian	Cenozoic 3					33.9
		Bartonian	Cenozoic 3					37.71
		Lutetian	Cenozoic 2					41.2
		Ypresian	Cenozoic 2					47.8
	Paleocene	Thanetian	Cenozoic 1					56
		Selandian						59.2
		Danian						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	Oteke	Puaroan			145
		Kimmeridgian	Jurassic 5	Oteke	Puaroan			149.2
				Kawhia	Ohauan			150
					Heterian			154.5
		Oxfordian						154.8
	Middle Jurassic	Callovian						161.5
		Callovian			Temaikan			164.3
		Bathonian	Jurassic 4					165.3
		Bajocian				Parkinsoni/Garantiana/Subfurcatum/Sauzei/Laeviuscula/Discites		168.2
		Bajocian					Humphresianum	168.4
		Aalenian	Jurassic 3			Concavum/Murchisonae/Opalinum		170.9
	Early Jurassic	Toarcian				Levesquei/Variabilis/Bifrons	Thouarsense	174.7
				Herangi	Ururoan		Thouarsense	176
								180.1
						Serpentinum/Falciferum/Tenuicostatum		182
		Pliensbachian	Jurassic 2			Spinatum/Margaritatus/Davoei/Ibex/Jamesoni		184.2
		Pliensbachian	Jurassic 2		Aratauran	Spinatum/Margaritatus/Davoei/Ibex/Jamesoni		188.9
		Sinemurian	Jurassic 1			Raricostatum/Oxynotum/Obtusum/Turneri/Semicostatum/Bucklandi		192.9
		Hettangian	Jurassic 1			Angulata/Liasicus/Planorbis		199.5
Triassic	Late Triassic	Rhaetian	Triassic 4	Balfour	Otapirian			201.4
		Norian			Warepan			208.5
					Otamitan			217
					Oretian			221
		Carnian	Triassic 3		Oretian			227
		Carnian	Triassic 3	Gore	Kaihikuan			227.5
	Middle Triassic	Ladinian	Triassic 2		Kaihikuan			237
		Ladinian			Etalian			238
		Anisian			Etalian			242
		Anisian			Malakovian			246
	Early Triassic	Olenekian	Triassic 1		Malakovian			247.2
		Olenekian			Nelsonian			249
		Induan			Nelsonian			251.2
		Induan		DUrville	Makarewan			251.5
Permian	Lopingian	Changhsingian	Permian 4		Makarewan			251.902
		Changhsingian			Waiitian			253.2
		Wuchiapingian			Waiitian			254.14
		Wuchiapingian			Puruhauan			254.2
	Guadalupian	Capitanian		Aparima	Flettian			259.51
		Wordian			Flettian			264.28
		Wordian			Barettian			266
		Roadian	Permian 3					266.9
	Cisuralian	Kungurian	Permian 2					273.01
		Kungurian			Mangapirian			276
		Artinskian			Mangapirian			283.5
					Telfordian			285
								288.5
		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