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
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.

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International Chronostratigraphic Timescale			Cenozoic Subepochs	Central Paratethys Stages
Quaternary	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	Pannonian	7.246
		Serravallian	Middle Miocene	Sarmatian	11.63
		Serravallian		Badenian	12.8 *
		Langhian			13.82
		Burdigalian	Early Miocene		15.98
		Aquitanian	Early Miocene		20.44
Paleogene	Oligocene	Chattian	Late Oligocene		23.03
	Oligocene	Rupelian	Early Oligocene		27.82
	Eocene	Priabonian	Late Eocene		33.9
		Bartonian	Middle Eocene		37.71
		Lutetian	Middle Eocene		41.2
		Ypresian	Early Eocene		47.8
	Paleocene	Thanetian	Late Paleocene		56
		Selandian	Middle Paleocene		59.2
		Danian	Early Paleocene		61.6
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