INTERNATIONAL CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIC CHART
Eocene
Lutetian
Ypresian
Paleocene
Thanetian
Selandian
Danian
Maastrichtian
Santonian
Coniacian
Mesozoic
Cretaceous
Turonian
Cenomanian
13.82
15.97
20.44
Barremian
Hauterivian
Valanginian
Berriasian
Sinemurian
Hettangian
Rhaetian
28.1
33.9
37.8
41.2
47.8
56.0
59.2
61.6
66.0
72.1 ±0.2
83.6 ±0.2
86.3 ±0.5
89.8 ±0.3
93.9
100.5
~ 125.0
~ 129.4
~ 132.9
~ 139.8
~ 145.0
Pliensbachian
Upper
Lower
Lopingian
Ladinian
Anisian
Olenekian
Induan
Changhsingian
Wuchiapingian
Capitanian
Guadalupian
Wordian
Roadian
Kungurian
Cisuralian
Artinskian
Sakmarian
Middle
Asselian
Gzhelian
Kasimovian
Moscovian
Lower
Bashkirian
Upper
Serpukhovian
Upper
Middle
182.7 ±0.7
~ 237
~ 242
247.2
251.2
252.17 ±0.06
254.14 ±0.07
259.8 ±0.4
265.1 ±0.4
268.8 ±0.5
272.3 ±0.5
Pridoli
Ludlow
Wenlock
Llandovery
Upper
Eifelian
Pragian
Ludfordian
Gorstian
Homerian
Sheinwoodian
Telychian
Aeronian
Rhuddanian
Hirnantian
Katian
Sandbian
Middle
Lower
Darriwilian
Dapingian
Floian
290.1 ±0.26
Stage 10
Furongian
295.0 ±0.18
298.9 ±0.15
315.2 ±0.2
323.2 ±0.4
Series 3
Jiangshanian
Paibian
Guzhangian
Drumian
Stage 5
Series 2
330.9 ±0.2
Visean
Tournaisian
Givetian
Tremadocian
303.7 ±0.1
307.0 ±0.1
Stage 4
Stage 3
Stage 2
358.9 ±0.4
Cryogenian
Tonian
Terreneuvian
Stenian
382.7 ±1.6
387.7 ±0.8
393.3 ±1.2
407.6 ±2.6
410.8 ±2.8
419.2 ±3.2
423.0 ±2.3
425.6 ±0.9
427.4 ±0.5
430.5 ±0.7
433.4 ±0.8
438.5 ±1.1
440.8 ±1.2
443.8 ±1.5
445.2 ±1.4
453.0 ±0.7
458.4 ±0.9
467.3 ±1.1
470.0 ±1.4
477.7 ±1.4
485.4 ±1.9
~ 489.5
~ 494
~ 497
~ 500.5
~ 504.5
GSSP
GSSA
GSSP
Eo
n
GSSP
o th
e
Er
a th m / E
on
em
Sy
ste / Era
m
/P
e ri
od
Middle
283.5 ±0.6
346.7 ±0.4
Lower
372.2 ±1.6
Lochkovian
~ 208.5
Neoproterozoic
Frasnian
Lower
199.3 ±0.3
201.3 ±0.2
~ 227
Famennian
Emsian
190.8 ±1.0
Norian
Carnian
Middle
174.1 ±1.0
Devonian
Jurassic
Lower
23.03
~ 113.0
Aptian
Toarcian
Upper
157.3 ±1.0
System / Period
Ediacaran
Precambrian
Proterozoic
11.63
Albian
Lower
o th
e
Er
a th m / E
on
em
Sy
ste / Era
m
/P
e ri
od
7.246
Campanian
Upper
Eo
n
5.333
Middle
Eonothem
/ Eon Erathem / Era
358.9 ± 0.4
152.1 ±0.9
163.5 ±1.0
166.1 ±1.2
168.3 ±1.3
170.3 ±1.4
numerical
age (Ma)
Archean
Bartonian
3.600
Stage / Age
~ 145.0
Silurian
Priabonian
2.58
Oxfordian
Callovian
Bathonian
Bajocian
Aalenian
Series / Epoch
Cambrian
Rupelian
1.80
Kimmeridgian
numerical
age (Ma)
Phanerozoic
Paleozoic
Ordovician
Paleogene
Chattian
0.781
Mississippian Pennsylvanian
Aquitanian
Oligocene
Phanerozoic
Serravallian
Langhian
Burdigalian
Upper
0.126
Triassic
Miocene
0.0117
Permian
Tortonian
Stage / Age
Tithonian
Carboniferous
Cenozoic
Neogene
Pliocene
present
Upper
Middle
Calabrian
Gelasian
Piacenzian
Zanclean
Messinian
v 2016/10
International Commission on Stratigraphy
Series / Epoch
Mesozoic
Pleistocene
numerical
age (Ma)
Paleozoic
Holocene
Stage / Age
Phanerozoic
Quaternary
Series / Epoch
GSSP
Eo
n
o th
e
Er
a th m / E
on
em
Sy
ste / Era
m
/P
e ri
od
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Mesoproterozoic
Ectasian
Calymmian
Statherian
Paleoproterozoic
Orosirian
Rhyacian
Siderian
Neoarchean
Mesoarchean
Paleoarchean
Eoarchean
Hadean
numerical
age (Ma)
541.0 ±1.0
~ 635
~ 720
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
2050
2300
2500
2800
3200
3600
4000
~ 4600
Units of all ranks are in the process of being defined by Global
Boundary Stratotype Section and Points (GSSP) for their lower
boundaries, including those of the Archean and Proterozoic, long
defined by Global Standard Stratigraphic Ages (GSSA). Charts and
detailed information on ratified GSSPs are available at the website
http://www.stratigraphy.org. The URL to this chart is found below.
Numerical ages are subject to revision and do not define units in
the Phanerozoic and the Ediacaran; only GSSPs do. For boundaries
in the Phanerozoic without ratified GSSPs or without constrained
numerical ages, an approximate numerical age (~) is provided.
~ 514
Numerical ages for all systems except Lower Pleistocene,
Cretaceous, Triassic, Permian and Precambrian are taken from
‘A Geologic Time Scale 2012’ by Gradstein et al. (2012);
those for the Lower Pleistocene, Cretaceous, Triassic, Permian and
Precambrian were provided by the relevant ICS subcommissions.
~ 521
Colouring follows the Commission for the
Geological Map of the World (http://www.ccgm.org)
~ 529
Chart drafted by K.M. Cohen, D.A.T. Harper, P.L. Gibbard
(c) International Commission on Stratigraphy, October 2016
~ 509
Fortunian
541.0 ±1.0
To cite: Cohen, K.M., Finney, S.C., Gibbard, P.L. & Fan, J.-X. (2013; updated)
The ICS International Chronostratigraphic Chart. Episodes 36: 199-204.
URL: http://www.stratigraphy.org/ICSchart/ChronostratChart2016-10.pdf