The Paleobiology Database

ammonites

2009 IUGS Cenozoic Ages

Interval	Maximum correlate		Ma

Tarantian	Late/Upper Pleistocene
			0.126

Ionian	Middle Pleistocene
			0.781

Calabrian	Early/Lower Pleistocene
			1.806

Gelasian	Early/Lower Pleistocene
			2.588

Piacenzian	Pliocene
			3.6

Zanclean	Pliocene
			5.332

Messinian	Miocene
			7.246

Tortonian	Miocene
			11.608

Serravallian	Miocene
			13.65

Langhian	Miocene
			15.97

Burdigalian	Miocene
			20.43

Aquitanian	Miocene
			23.03

Chattian	Oligocene
			28.4

Rupelian	Oligocene
			33.9

Priabonian	Eocene
			37.2

Bartonian	Eocene
			40.4

Lutetian	Eocene
			48.6

Ypresian	Eocene
			55.8

Thanetian	Paleocene
			58.7

Selandian	Paleocene
			61.7

Danian	Paleocene
			65.5

Authorizer: J. Alroy Enterer: J. Alroy

Continent: global Rank of each interval: age/stage

Basis of scale: paleontological

Reference: P. L. Gibbard et al. 2010

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