Stephen E. Jones

Projects: The Geological Timescale: Cenozoic Era

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The Geological Timescale
CENOZOIC ERA (65.0 mya-present)

Era

Sub-Era

Period

Epoch

Stage/
Age

Start
(mya)

Major
Events

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cenozoic

Quaternary or
Pleistogene

Holocene

0.01

 

Pleistocene

1.64

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tertiary

 

 

Neogene

Pliocene

Piacenzian

3.4

 

Zanclian

5.2

 

 

 

Miocene

Messinian

6.7

 

Tortonian

10.4

 

Serravallian

14.2

 

Langhian

16.3

 

Burdigalian

21.5

 

Aquitanian

23.3

 

 

 

Paleogene

Oligocene

Chattian

29.3

 

Rupelian

35.4

 

 

Eocene

Priabonian

38.6

 

Bartonian

42.1

 

Lutetian

50.0

 

Ypresian

56.5

 

Paleocene

Thanetian

60.5

 

Danian

65.0

 

Mesozoic

Cretaceous

Gulf

Senonian

Maastrichtian

74.0

 

Sources:
Harland W.B., et al., "A Geologic Time Scale 1989," Cambridge University Press: Cambridge UK, Revised Edition, 1990.
Allaby A. & Allaby M., eds, "A Dictionary of Earth Sciences," [1990], Oxford University Press: Oxford UK, Second Edition, 1999.

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Created: 20 March, 2000. Updated: 15 July, 2003.