ammonites

Pleistocene epoch

General information
Lower boundary: equal to 2.588 Ma (based on Gelasian)
Upper boundary: equal to 0.012 Ma (see scale)
Continent: global
See collections within this interval
See map of collections within this interval
Key correlations
Period: Quaternary
10 million year bin: Cenozoic 6
Contained within
  • Wanganui
  • Cenozoic
  • Phanerozoic
    • Previous intervals
  • Tertiary
  • Neogene
  • Pliocene
  • Late/Upper Pliocene
  • Piacenzian
  • Villanyian
  • MN 16
  • Yushean
    • Next interval
  • Holocene
    • Equivalent to
  • Nihewanian
    • Contains
  • Calabrian, Castlecliffian, Cudahyan, Ensenadan, Ionian, Irvingtonian, Middle Pleistocene, Nukumaruan, Sappan
    • Shares base with
  • Early/Lower Pleistocene, Gelasian, MN 17, Quaternary
    • Shares top with
  • Late/Upper Pleistocene, Lujanian, Rancholabrean, Sheridanian, Tarantian
    • Overlaps with
  • Haweran (0.34 to 0.0 Ma)
  • 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 Epochs (2010)
  • Gradstein 5: Epochs (2004)
  • Harland 4: Epochs (1990)

    • Interval name: