ammonites

Quaternary period

General information
Lower boundary: equal to 2.588 Ma (based on Gelasian)
Upper boundary: equal to 0.000 Ma (based on )
Continent: global
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Previous intervals
  • Tertiary
  • Neogene
  • Pliocene
  • Late/Upper Pliocene
  • Piacenzian
  • Villanyian
  • MN 16
  • Yushean
    • Contains
  • Calabrian, Castlecliffian, Cudahyan, Ensenadan, Ionian, Irvingtonian, Late/Upper Pleistocene, Lujanian, Middle Pleistocene, Nukumaruan, Rancholabrean, Sappan, Sheridanian, Tarantian
    • Shares base with
  • Early/Lower Pleistocene, Gelasian, MN 17, Nihewanian, Pleistocene
    • Shares top with
  • Cenozoic, Haweran, Holocene, Phanerozoic, Wanganui
    • Overlaps with
  • Uquian (3.0 to 1.2 Ma)
  • Mangapanian (3.0 to 2.4 Ma)
  • Blancan (4.9 to 1.8 Ma)
  • "Senecan" (4.9 to 1.8 Ma)
  • Rexroadian (4.9 to 1.8 Ma)
    • Appears in scales
  • 2009 IUGS Cenozoic Periods (2010)
  • Harland 2: Periods (1990)

    • Interval name: