Ratification of Neogene subseries as formal units in international chronostratigraphy

  • Marie Pierre Aubry*
  • , Kenneth G. Miller
  • , Elena Turco
  • , José Abel Flores
  • , Andrey Gladenkov
  • , Patrick Grunert
  • , Frits Hilgen
  • , Hiroshi Nishi
  • , Ann Holbourn
  • , Wout Krijgsman
  • , Fabrizio Lirer
  • , Werner E. Piller
  • , Frédéric Quillévéré
  • , Isabella Raffi
  • , Marci Robinson
  • , Lorenzo Rook
  • , Jun Tian
  • , Maria Triantaphyllou
  • , Felipe Vallejo
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The International Union of Geological Sciences Executive Committee (IUGS EC) voted on 13 October 2021 to ratify a proposal for the Neogene subseries/subepochs to have formal status. They are now incorporated into a six-tiered chronostratigraphic hierarchy within the International Chronostratigraphic Chart (ICC). The Lower/Early Miocene Subseries/Subepoch comprises the Aquitanian and Burdigalian stages/ages, the Middle Miocene Subseries/Subepoch comprises the Langhian and Serravallian stages/ages, the Upper/Late Miocene Subseries/Subepoch comprises the Tortonian and Messinian stages/ages, the Lower/Early Pliocene Subseries/Subepoch comprises the Zanclean Stage/Age and the Upper/Late Pliocene Subseries/Subepoch comprises the Piacenzian Stage/Age. This ratification is an important move towards both a common language in the wider Earth Sciences community and a step forward in the unification of Cenozoic chronostratigraphy, with Neogene and Quaternary subseries/subepochs now formalized.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)445-453
Number of pages9
JournalEpisodes
Volume45
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2022

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