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

• Z.-X. Qiu and Z.-D. Qiu. 1995. Chronological sequence and subdivision of Chinese Neogene mammalian faunas. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 116(1-2):41-70 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

There are 11 timescales which overlap this one. show

• Cenozoic Subepochs
• Obsolete Names for ICS Units
• Ten Million Year Bins
• European Faunal Units
• European Faunal Zones
• Cenozoic Subepochs of Southern Europe
• Central Paratethys Stages
• North American Land Mammal Ages
• North American Mammal Subages/Zones
• South American Land Mammal Ages
• Cretaceous-Cenozoic of New Zealand

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 31 collections