Ten Million Year Bins
The interval definitions in this timescale are derived from the following sources:
- A. D. Barnosky, M. Holmes, R. Kirchholtes, E. Lindsey, K.C. Maguire, A.W. Poust, M.A. Stegner, J. Sunseri, B. Swartz, J. Swift, N.A. Villavicencio and G. Wogan. 2014. Prelude to the Anthropocene: Two new North American Land Mammal Ages (NALMAs). The Anthropocene Review I(3):225-242 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
- 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. F. Steininger, W. A. Berggren, D. V. Kent, R. L. Bernor, S. Sen and J. Agusti. 1996. Circum-Mediterranean Neogene (Miocene and Pliocene) marine-continental chronologic correlations of European mammal units. The Evolution of Western Eurasian Neogene Mammal Faunas (eds. R. L. Bernor, V. Fahlbusch, and H.-W. Mittmann) view
There are 56 timescales which overlap this one. show
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 1 collections
| International Chronostratigraphic Timescale | Ten Million Year Bins | North American Land Mammal Ages | Cambrian Epochs | Permian of the Pamirs | Devonian of Czechoslovakia | Cretaceous Subepochs | European Faunal Zones | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quaternary | Holocene | Meghalayan | Cenozoic 6 | Saintaugustinean | 0 | |||||
| Santarosean | 0.0004 | |||||||||
| Northgrippian | 0.0042 | |||||||||
| Greenlandian | 0.0082 | |||||||||
| Pleistocene | Late Pleistocene | 0.0117 | ||||||||
| Rancholabrean | 0.014 | |||||||||
| Chibanian | 0.129 | |||||||||
| Irvingtonian | 0.21 | |||||||||
| Calabrian | 0.774 | |||||||||
| Blancan | 1.4 | |||||||||
| Gelasian | MN 17 | 1.8 | ||||||||
| Neogene | Pliocene | Piacenzian | MN 16 | 2.58 | ||||||
| MN 15 | 3.2 | |||||||||
| Zanclean | 3.6 | |||||||||
| MN 14 | 4.2 | |||||||||
| Hemphillian | 4.7 | |||||||||
| MN 13 | 4.9 | |||||||||
| Miocene | Messinian | 5.333 | ||||||||
| Tortonian | MN 12 | 7.246 | ||||||||
| MN 11 | 7.75 | |||||||||
| MN 10 | 8.7 | |||||||||
| Clarendonian | 9.4 | |||||||||
| MN 9 | 9.7 | |||||||||
| MN 7 + 8 | 11.1 | |||||||||
| Serravallian | Cenozoic 5 | 11.63 | ||||||||
| Barstovian | 12.5 | |||||||||
| MN 6 | 12.8 * | |||||||||
| Langhian | MN 5 | 13.82 | ||||||||
| Burdigalian | MN 4 | 15.98 | ||||||||
| Hemingfordian | 16.3 | |||||||||
| MN 3 | 16.9 | |||||||||
| Arikareean | 18.5 | |||||||||
| MN 2 | 20 | |||||||||
| Aquitanian | 20.44 | |||||||||
| MN 1 | 22.4 | |||||||||
| Paleogene | Oligocene | Chattian | Cenozoic 4 | 23.03 | ||||||
| Rupelian | 27.82 | |||||||||
| Whitneyan | 29.5 | |||||||||
| Orellan | 31.8 | |||||||||
| Eocene | Priabonian | Cenozoic 3 | Chadronian | 33.9 | ||||||
| Duchesnean | 37 | |||||||||
| Bartonian | 37.71 | |||||||||
| Uintan | 39.7 | |||||||||
| Lutetian | Cenozoic 2 | 41.2 | ||||||||
| Bridgerian | 46.2 | |||||||||
| Ypresian | 47.8 | |||||||||
| Wasatchian | 50.5 | |||||||||
| Clarkforkian | 54.9 | |||||||||
| Paleocene | Thanetian | Cenozoic 1 | 56 | |||||||
| Tiffanian | 56.2 | |||||||||
| Selandian | 59.2 | |||||||||
| Torrejonian | 60.9 | |||||||||
| Danian | 61.6 | |||||||||
| Puercan | 63.8 | |||||||||
| Cretaceous | Late Cretaceous | Maastrichtian | Cretaceous 8 | Senonian | 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 | Gallic | 100.5 | ||||||
| Aptian | Cretaceous 3 | 113 | ||||||||
| Barremian | Cretaceous 2 | 121.4 | ||||||||
| Hauterivian | Neocomian | 125.77 | ||||||||
| Valanginian | Cretaceous 1 | 132.6 | ||||||||
| Berriasian | 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 | 168.2 | |||||||||
| Aalenian | Jurassic 3 | 170.9 | ||||||||
| Early Jurassic | Toarcian | 174.7 | ||||||||
| Pliensbachian | Jurassic 2 | 184.2 | ||||||||
| Sinemurian | Jurassic 1 | 192.9 | ||||||||
| Hettangian | 199.5 | |||||||||
| Triassic | Late Triassic | Rhaetian | Triassic 4 | 201.4 | ||||||
| Norian | 208.5 | |||||||||
| Carnian | Triassic 3 | 227 | ||||||||
| Middle Triassic | Ladinian | Triassic 2 | 237 | |||||||
| Anisian | 242 | |||||||||
| Early Triassic | Olenekian | Triassic 1 | 247.2 | |||||||
| Induan | 251.2 | |||||||||
| Permian | Lopingian | Changhsingian | Permian 4 | Dorashamian | 251.902 | |||||
| Wuchiapingian | Dzhulfian | 254.14 | ||||||||
| Guadalupian | Capitanian | Midian | 259.51 | |||||||
| Wordian | 264.28 | |||||||||
| Murgabian | 266.2 * | |||||||||
| Roadian | Permian 3 | 266.9 | ||||||||
| Cisuralian | Kungurian | Permian 2 | Kubergandian | 273.01 | ||||||
| Bolorian | 279.8 | |||||||||
| Artinskian | 283.5 | |||||||||
| Yakhtashian | 286 | |||||||||
| Sakmarian | Sakmarian | 290.1 | ||||||||
| Asselian | Permian 1 | Asselian | 293.52 | |||||||
| Carboniferous | Pennsylvanian | Gzhelian | Carboniferous 5 | 298.9 | ||||||
| Kasimovian | 303.7 | |||||||||
| Moscovian | Carboniferous 4 | 307 | ||||||||
| Bashkirian | 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 | ||||||
| Frasnian | Devonian 4 | 372.2 | ||||||||
| Middle Devonian | Givetian | Devonian 3 | Srbsko | 382.7 | ||||||
| Eifelian | Chotec | 387.7 | ||||||||
| Early Devonian | Emsian | Devonian 2 | Daleje/Zlichovian | 393.3 | ||||||
| Pragian | Devonian 1 | Pragian | 407.6 | |||||||
| Lochkovian | Lochkovian | 410.8 | ||||||||
| Silurian | Pridoli | Silurian 2 | 419.2 | |||||||
| Ludlow | Ludfordian | 423 | ||||||||
| Gorstian | 425.6 | |||||||||
| Wenlock | Homerian | 427.4 | ||||||||
| Sheinwoodian | 430.5 | |||||||||
| Llandovery | Telychian | Silurian 1 | 433.4 | |||||||
| Aeronian | 438.5 | |||||||||
| Rhuddanian | 440.8 | |||||||||
| Ordovician | Late Ordovician | Hirnantian | Ordovician 5 | 443.8 | ||||||
| Katian | 445.2 | |||||||||
| Sandbian | Ordovician 4 | 453 | ||||||||
| Middle Ordovician | Darriwilian | Ordovician 3 | 458.4 | |||||||
| Dapingian | Ordovician 2 | 467.3 | ||||||||
| Early Ordovician | Floian | 470 | ||||||||
| Tremadocian | Ordovician 1 | 477.7 | ||||||||
| Cambrian | Furongian | Stage 10 | Cambrian 5 | Late Cambrian | 485.4 | |||||
| Jiangshanian | 489.5 | |||||||||
| Paibian | 494 | |||||||||
| Miaolingian | Guzhangian | Cambrian 4 | Middle Cambrian | 497 | ||||||
| Drumian | 500.5 | |||||||||
| Wuliuan | Cambrian 3 | 504.5 | ||||||||
| Series 2 | Stage 4 | Early Cambrian | 509 | |||||||
| Stage 3 | Cambrian 2 | 514 | ||||||||
| Terreneuvian | Stage 2 | 521 | ||||||||
| Fortunian | Cambrian 1 | 529 | ||||||||
| 538.8 | ||||||||||