AB.Base*****Emsian*.1505376344086*405.57 AP.Base*****Emsian*.8172043010753*399.237 Actonian.Base*****Ordovician VI*0.176471*454 Adelaidean.Base*****Ectasian*0.5*1300 Aeronian.Base*439.0*1.8*Graptolite, lowest occurrence of Monograptus austerus sequens.*Trefawr forestry road, north of Cwm-coed-Aeron Farm, Llandovery area, south-central Wales, UK*Aeronian*0*439 Aksayan.Base*****Late Cambrian*0.629921*493 Alaunian.Base*****Norian*0.0387597*216 Albian.Base*112.0*1.0*Calcareous nannofossil, lowest occurrence of Praediscosphaera columnata (= P. cretacea of some earlier studies), is one potential marker.**Albian*0*112 Aldingian.Base*****Priabonian*0.363636*36 Aldingian.Top*****Rupelian*0.163636*33 Alportian.Base*****Serpukhovian*0.228916*324.5 Altonian.Base*****Burdigalian*0.656951*17.5 Animikean.Base*****Rhyacian*0.3*2225 Antipleura bohemica.Base*****Lochkovian*0.0*416 Aptian.Base*125.0*1.0*Magnetic polarity chronozone, base of M0r.**Aptian*0*125 Archean.Base*3800*0.7***Eoarchean*0*3800 Arenig.Base*478.6*1.7*Graptolite, lowest occurrence of Tetragraptus approximatus.*Diabasbrottet quarry, Ødstergøtland, southern Sweden*Arenig*0*478.6 Arikareean.Base*****Rupelian*0.618182*30.5 Arnsbergian.Base*****Serpukhovian*0.0481928*326 Arowhanan.Base*****Cenomanian*0.754098*95 Artinskian.Base*284.4*0.7*Near lowest occurrence of conodont Sweetognathus whitei-Mesogondolella bisselli.**Artinskian*0*284.4 Arundian.Base*****Visean*0.227513*341 Asbian.Base*****Visean*0.412698*337.5 Ashgill.Base*****Ordovician VI*0.666667*449 Atdabanian.Base*****Early Cambrian*0.413793*530 Awamoan.Base*****Burdigalian*0.0964126*20 BZ.Base*****Lochkovian*.7532467532468*412.384 Bairnsdalian.Base*****Langhian*0.418103*15 Baishaean.Base*****Telychian*0.384615*433 Bajocian.Base*171.6*3.0*Ammonite, lowest occurrence of the genus Hyperlioceras (defines base of the Hyperlioceras discites Zone).*Cabo Mondego, western Portugal*Bajocian*0*171.6 Balcombian.Base*****Langhian*0.202586*15.5 Barremian.Base*130.0*1.5*Ammonite, lowest occurrence of Spitidiscus hugii - Spitidiscus vandeckii group.**Barremian*0*130 Barstovian.Base*****Langhian*0.202586*15.5 Bartonian.Base*40.4*0.2*Near extinction of calcareous nannofossil Reticulofenestra reticulata.**Bartonian*0*40.4 Basin Groups.Base*****Hadean*0.543778*4150 Batesfordian.Base*****Burdigalian*0.881166*16.5 Bathonian.Base*167.7*3.5*Ammonite, lowest occurrence of Parkinsonia (G.) convergens (defines base of Zigzagiceras zigzag Zone).**Bathonian*0*167.7 Batyrbayan.Base*****Late Cambrian*0.748031*491.5 Bendigonian.Base*****Arenig*0.529412*475 Bithynian.Base*****Anisian*0.25*243 Blancan.Base*****Zanclean*0.336028*4.75 Bolindian.Base*****Ordovician VI*0.568627*450 Boomerangian.Base*****Middle Cambrian*0.75*504 Bortonian.Base*****Lutetian*0.560976*44 Botomian.Base*****Early Cambrian*0.62069*524 Bridgerian.Base*****Ypresian*0.736111*50.5 Brigantian.Base*****Visean*0.492063*336 Burdigalian.Base*20.43*0.05*Near lowest occurrence of planktonic foraminifer Globigerinoides altiaperturus or top of magnetic polarity chronozone C6An.**Burdigalian*0*20.43 Burrellian.Base*****Ordovician V*0.764706*457 Callovian.Base*164.7*4.0*Ammonite, lowest occurrence of the genus Kepplerites (Kosmoceratidae). (Defines base of Macrocephalites herveyi Zone in sub-Boreal province of Great Britain to southwest Germany.)**Callovian*0*164.7 Campanian.Base*83.5*0.7*Crinoid, extinction of Marsupites testudinarius.**Campanian*0*83.5 Capitanian.Base*265.8*0.7*Conodont, lowest occurrence of Jinogondolella postserrata.*Pinery Limestone Member, Nipple Hill, SE Guadalupe Mountains, Texas, USA*Capitanian*0*265.8 Carboniferous.Base*359.2*2.5*Conodont, above lowest occurrence of Siphonodella sulcata.*La Serre, Montagne Noir, Cabrieres, southern France*Tournaisian*0*359.2 Cassinian.Base*****Arenig*0.823529*473 Castlemanian.Base*****Ordovician III*0.216216*471 Cautleyan.Base*****Ordovician VI*0.813725*447.5 Cenozoic.Base*65.5*0.3*Iridium Anomaly. Associated with a major extinction horizon (foraminifers, calcareous nannofossils, dinosaurs, etc.)*Base of boundary clay, El Kef, Tunisia*Danian*0*65.5 Chadronian.Base*****Priabonian*0.0606061*37 Chamovnicheskian.Base*****Kasimovian*0.192308*306 Changhsingian.Base*253.8*0.7*Near lowest occurrence of conodont Clarkina wangi.**Changhsingian*0*253.8 Changlangpuan.Base*****Early Cambrian*0.655172*523 Chatauquan.Base*****Famennian*0.294118*370 Chattian.Base*28.4*0.1*Planktonic foraminifer, extinction of Chiloguembelina (base Zone P21b).**Chattian*0*28.4 Cheltenhamian.Base*****Zanclean*0.191686*5 Cheneyan.Base*****Ordovician VI*0.0784314*455 Cheremshanskian.Base*****Bashkirian*0.5625*314.5 Chesterian.Base*****Visean*0.650794*333 Chewtonian.Base*****Arenig*0.823529*473 Chokerian.Base*****Serpukhovian*0.168675*325 Cincinnatian.Base*****Ordovician VI*0.470588*451 Clarendonian.Base*****Serravallian*0.905975*11.8 Clarkforkian.Base*****Thanetian*0.931034*56 Cliffdenian.Base*****Burdigalian*0.881166*16.5 Comanchean.Base*****Barremian*0.6*127 Coniacian.Base*89.3*1.0*Inoceramid bivalve, lowest occurrence of Cremnoceramus rotundatus.*Salzgitter-Salder Quarry, SW of Hannover, Lower Saxony, northern Germany*Coniacian*0*89.3 Cretaceous.Base*145.5*4.0*Maybe near lowest occurrence of ammonite Berriasella jacobi.**Berriasian*0*145.5 Cryogenian.Base*850*0*Fixed Date**Cryogenian*0*850 Dalanian.Base*****Bashkirian*0.796875*313 Dalejan.Base*****Emsian*0.4301075268817*402.914 Darriwilian.Base*468.1*1.6*Graptolite, lowest occurrence of Undulograptus austrodentatus.*Ningkuo Formation, Huangnitang, Changshan, Zhejiang province, southeast China*Darriwilian*0*468.1 Datangian.Base*****Visean*0.015873*345 Dawanian.Base*****Arenig*0.970588*472 Delamaran.Base*****Middle Cambrian*0.0833333*512 Delmontian.Base*****Tortonian*0.94177*7.5 Desmoinian.Base*****Moscovian*0.711538*308 Devonian.Base*416.0*2.8*Graptolite, lowest occurrence of Monograptus uniformis.*Klonk, Barrandian area, southwest of Prague, Czech Republic*Lochkovian*0*416 Dewuan.Base*****Visean*0.650794*333 Dienerian.Base*****Induan*0.461538*250.4 Dolgellian.Base*****Late Cambrian*0.669291*492.5 Dongganglingian.Base*****Givetian*0.0615385*391.4 Duchesnean.Base*****Bartonian*0.125*40 Duntroonian.Base*****Chattian*0.0744879*28 Dyeran.Base*****Early Cambrian*0.603448*524.5 Eastonian.Base*****Ordovician V*0.960784*456 Ectasian.Base*1400*0*Fixed Date**Ectasian*0*1400 Ediacaran.Base*630*5*Termination of Varanger (or Marinoan) glaciation, and distinctive C-13 change.**Ediacaran*0*630 Eildonian.Base*****Telychian*0.384615*433 Emsian.Base*407.0*2.8*Conodont, lowest occurrence of Polygnathus kitabicus (= Po. dehiscens).*Zinzil'ban Gorge, SE of Samarkand, Uzbekistan*Emsian*0*407 Eocene.Base*55.8*0.2*Base of negative carbon-isotope excursion.*Dababiya Section near Luxor, Egypt*Ypresian*0*55.8 Erqiaoan.Base*****Norian*0.581395*209 Etalian.Base*****Anisian*0.25*243 FD.Base*****Emsian*.4516129032258*402.71 Famennian.Base*374.5*2.6*Just above major extinction horizon (Upper Kellwasser Event), including conodonts Ancyrodella and Ozarkodina and goniatites of Gephuroceratidae and Beloceratidae.*Upper Coumiac quarry, Cessenon, Montagne Noir, southern France*Famennian*0*374.5 Fennian.Base*****Arenig*0.75*473.5 Festiniogian.Base*****Late Cambrian*0.330709*496.8 Florian.Base*****Middle Cambrian*0.416667*508 Fronian.Base*****Aeronian*0.5*437.5 Fujian.Base*****Tortonian*0.11646*11.1 Fupingan.Base*****Mesoarchean*0.25*3100 Fuvelian.Base*****Campanian*0.503876*77 Gelasian.Base*2.588*0.005*Isotopic stage 103, base of magnetic polarity chronozone C2r (Matuyama). Above are extinction levels of calcareous nannofossil Discoaster pentaradiatus and D. surculus.*Nicola Bed, Monte San Nicola, Gela, Sicily, Italy*Gelasian*0*2.588 Givetian.Base*391.8*2.7*Conodont, lowest occurrence of Polygnathus hemiansatus, near base of goniatite stage "Maenioceras Stufe".*Jebel Mech Irdane ridge, Tafilalt, Morocco*Givetian*0*391.8 Gleedonian.Base*****Homerian*0.242424*425.4 Guandian.Base*****Homerian*0.212121*425.5 Gyliakian.Base*****Cenomanian*0.491803*96.6 Gzhelian.Base*303.9*0.9*Near lowest occurrences of the fusulinids Daixina, Jigulites and Rugosofusulina, or lowest occurrence of Streptognathodus zethu.**Gzhelian*0*303.9 Hadean.Base*4567.17*0.7*Formation of Earth**Hadean*0*4567.17 Haranoyan.Base*****Burdigalian*0.5*18.2 Harnagian.Base*****Ordovician V*0.372549*459 Hauterivian.Base*136.4*2.0*Ammonite, lowest occurrence of genus Acanthodiscus (especially A. radiatus).**Hauterivian*0*136.4 Hemingfordian.Base*****Burdigalian*0.320628*19 Hemphillian.Base*****Tortonian*0.597891*9 Hercynella-Neklania.Base*****Lochkovian*.1315789473684*415.368 Heretaungan.Base*****Ypresian*0.805556*50 Heterian.Base*****Oxfordian*0.945455*156 Hetonian.Base*****Campanian*0.496124*77.1 Hirnantian.Base*445.6*1.5*Potentially at base of the Normalograptus extraordinarius-N. ojsuensis graptolite biozone.**Hirnantian*0*445.6 Holkerian.Base*****Visean*0.333333*339 Holocene.Base*0.01143*0.00013*Excatly 10,000 Carbon-14 years BP. Near the end of the Younger Dryas cold spell.**Holocene*0*0.01143 Holocene.Top*0*0**1950 A.D.*Now*0*0 Homerian.Base*426.2*2.4*Graptolite, lowest occurrence of Cyrtograptus lundgreni.*Whitwell Coppice, Homer, Shropshire, southwest England, UK*Homerian*0*426.2 Huobachengian.Base*****Carnian*0.782609*219 Hutchinsonian.Base*****Aquitanian*0.780769*21 Ibexian.Base*****Late Cambrian*0.787402*491 Idamean.Base*****Late Cambrian*0.314961*497 Idamean.Top*****Late Cambrian*0.551181*494 Illyrian.Base*****Anisian*0.75*239 Imbrian.Base*****Hadean*0.869651*3900 Isuan.Top*****Paleoarchean*0.25*3500 Janjukian.Base*****Rupelian*0.709091*30 Jeffersonian.Base*****Arenig*0.529412*475 Jinningian.Base*****Statherian*0.25*1750 Joachimia-Cardiolinka-Pygolfia.Base*****Pridoli*.775*416.608 Johannian.Base*****Ypresian*0.527778*52 Jurassic.Base*199.6*0.6*Near lowest occurrence of smooth Psiloceras planorbis ammonite group.**Hettangian*0*199.6 Kaburan.Base*****Serravallian*0.0734574*13.5 Kaihikuan.Base*****Ladinian*0.555556*232 Kalimnan.Base*****Zanclean*0.595843*4.3 Kapitean.Base*****Messinian*0.650993*6 Karatau.Base*****Stenian*0.5*1100 Kashirskian.Base*****Moscovian*0.480769*309.2 Kasimovian.Base*306.5*1.0*Near base of Obsoletes obsoletes and Protriticites pseudomontiparus fusulinid zone, or lowest occurrence of Parashumardites ammonoid.**Kasimovian*0*306.5 Kechienjian.Base*****Gelasian*0.879795*1.9 Kiaitan.Base*****Bartonian*0.125*40 Kimmeridgian.Base*155.7*4.0*Ammonite, near base of Pictonia baylei ammonite zone of Boreal realm.**Kimmeridgian*0*155.7 Korangian.Base*****Aptian*0.461538*119 Kungurian.Base*275.6*0.7*Near lowest occurrence of conodont Neostreptognathus pnevi - N. exculptus.**Kungurian*0*275.6 Ladinian.Base*237.0*2.0*Alternate levels are near base of Reitzi, Secedensis, or Curionii ammonite zone; near first occurrence of the conodont genus Budurovignathus.**Ladinian*0*237 Lancefieldian.Base*****Tremadocian*0.649485*482 Langhian.Base*15.97*0.05*Near first occurrence of planktonic foraminifer Praeorbulina glomerosa and top of magnetic polarity chronozone C5Cn.1n.**Langhian*0*15.97 Late Cambrian.Base*501.0*2.0*Trilobite, lowest occurrence of agnostoid Glyptagnostus reticulatus. Coincides with base of large positive carbon-isotope excursion.*Huaqiao Formation, Paibi section, Northwest Hunan province, south China*Late Cambrian*0*501 Late Cretaceous.Base*99.6*0.9*Planktonic foraminifer, lowest occurrence of Rotalipora globotruncanoides.*Mont Risou, Rosans, Haute-Alpes, SE France*Cenomanian*0*99.6 Late Devonian.Base*385.3*2.6*Conodont, lowest occurrence of Ancyrodella rotundiloba (defines base of Lower Polygnathus asymmetricus conodont Zone).*Col du Puech de la Suque section, St. Nazaire-de-Ladarez, SE Montagne Noir, southern France*Frasnian*0*385.3 Late Jurassic.Base*161.2*4.0*Ammonite, Brightia thuouxensis Horizon at base of the Cardioceras scarburgense Subzone (Quenstedtoceras mariae Zone).**Oxfordian*0*161.2 Late Ordovician.Base*460.9*1.6*Graptolite, lowest occurrence of Nemagraptus gracilis.*F�gels�ng, Skåne, southern Sweden*Ordovician V*0*460.9 Late Permian.Base*260.4*0.7*Conodont, lowest occurrence of conodont Clarkina postbitteri (Mei & Wardlaw); and termination of a major global sea-level lowstand*Guangxi Province, south China*Wuchiapingian*0*260.4 Late Pleistocene.Base*0.126*0.005*Base of the Eemian interglacial stage (base of marine isotope stage 5e) before final glacial episode of Pleistocene.**Late Pleistocene*0*0.126 Late Silurian.Base*422.9*2.5*Imprecise. Just below base of local acritarch Leptobrachion longhopense range zone. May be near base of Neodiversograptus nilssoni graptolite zone.*Pitch Coppice quarry, Ludlow, Shropshire, southwest England, UK*Gorstian*0*422.9 Late Triassic.Base*228.0*2.0*Near first occurrence of the ammonoids Daxatina or Trachyceras, and of the conodont Metapolygnathus polygnathiformis.**Carnian*0*228 Leonardian.Base*****Artinskian*0.5*280 Lillburnian.Base*****Langhian*0.418103*15 Linxiangian.Base*****Ordovician VI*0.127451*454.5 Llandeilo.Base*****Darriwilian*0.569444*464 Longfordian.Base*****Chattian*0.167598*27.5 Longobardian.Base*****Ladinian*0.622222*231.4 Longvillian.Base*****Ordovician V*0.764706*457 Longwangmioan.Base*****Early Cambrian*0.827586*518 Lotharingian.Base*****Sinemurian*0.463768*193.3 Ludfordian.Base*421.3*2.6*Imprecise. May be near base of Saetograptus leintwardinensis graptolite zone.*Sunnyhill Quarry, Ludlow, Shropshire, southwest England, UK*Ludfordian*0*421.3 Luisian.Base*****Langhian*0.202586*15.5 Luliangian.Base*****Siderian*0.75*2350 Lutetian.Base*48.6*0.2*Planktonic foraminifer, lowest occurrence of Hantkenina.**Lutetian*0*48.6 MN.Base*****Lochkovian*0.0*416 Maastrichtian.Base*70.6*0.6*Mean of 12 biostratigraphic criteria of equal importance. Closely above is lowest occurrence of ammonite Pachydiscus neubergicus. Boreal proxy is lowest occurrence of belemnite Belemnella lanceolata.*Grande Carriere quarry, Tercis-les-Bains, Landes province, SW France*Maastrichtian*0*70.6 Malakovian.Base*****Olenekian*0.361702*248 Mangaorapan.Base*****Ypresian*0.527778*52 Mangaotanean.Base*****Turonian*0.119048*93 Mangapanian.Base*****Piacenzian*0.988142*2.6 Mangapirian.Base*****Artinskian*0.727273*278 Mapingian.Base*****Moscovian*0.326923*310 Marjuman.Base*****Middle Cambrian*0.75*504 Marsdenian.Base*****Bashkirian*0.171875*317 Marshbrookian.Base*****Ordovician VI*0.0784314*455 Mayan.Base*****Middle Cambrian*0.916667*502 Melekesskian.Base*****Bashkirian*0.734375*313.4 Meramecian.Base*****Visean*0.280423*340 Mesoarchean.Base*3200*0*Fixed Date**Mesoarchean*0*3200 Mesoproterozoic.Base*1600*0*Fixed Date**Calymmian*0*1600 Mesozoic.Base*251.0*0.4*Conodont, lowest occurrence of Hindeodus parvus; termination of major negative carbon-isotope excursion. About 1 myr after peak of Late Permian extinctions.*Meishan, Zhejiang, China*Induan*0*251 Messinian.Base*7.246*0.005*Middle of magnetic polarity chronozone C3Br.1r; lowest regular occurrence of the Globorotalia conomiozea planktonic foraminifer group.*Oued Akrech, Rabat, Morocco*Messinian*0*7.246 Miaogoalingian.Base*****Gorstian*0.5625*422 Middle Cambrian.Base*513.0*2.0***Middle Cambrian*0*513 Middle Devonian.Base*397.5*2.7*Conodont, lowest occurrence of Polygnathus costatus partitus; major faunal turnover.*Wetteldorf Richtschnitt, Sch�necken-Wetteldorf, Eifel Hills, western Germany*Eifelian*0*397.5 Middle Jurassic.Base*175.6*2.0*Ammonite, lowest occurrence of Leioceras.*Fuentelsalz, central Spain*Aalenian*0*175.6 Middle Ordovician.Base*471.8*1.6*Conodont, potentially lowest occurrence of Protoprioniodus aranda or of Baltoniodus triangularis.**Ordovician III*0*471.8 Middle Permian.Base*270.6*0.7*Conodont, lowest occurrence of Jinogondolella nanginkensis.*Cutoff Formation, Stratotype Canyon, southern Guadalupe Mountains, Texas, USA*Roadian*0*270.6 Middle Pleistocene.Base*0.781*0.005*Brunhes-Matuyama magnetic reversal.**Middle Pleistocene*0*0.781 Middle Triassic.Base*245.0*1.5*Ammonite, near lowest occurrences of genera Japonites, Paradanubites, and Paracrochordiceras; and of the conodont Chiosella timorensis.**Anisian*0*245 Migneintian.Base*****Tremadocian*0.237113*486 Mitchellian.Base*****Tortonian*0.254012*10.5 Mohawkian.Base*****Darriwilian*0.847222*462 Mohnian.Base*****Serravallian*0.0734574*13.5 Montezuman.Base*****Early Cambrian*0.431034*529.5 Mortesnes.Base*****Cryogenian*0.954545*640 Moscovian.Base*311.7*1.1*Near lowest occurrences of Declinognathodus donetzianus and/or Idiognathoides postsulcatus conodont species, and fusulinid species Aljutovella aljutovica.**Moscovian*0*311.7 Motuan.Base*****Albian*0.645161*104 Myachkovskian.Base*****Moscovian*0.865385*307.2 Nagaolingian.Base*****Lochkovian*0.625*413 Namibian.Base*****Tonian*0.666667*900 Narizian.Base*****Lutetian*0.0731707*48 Nectarian.Base*****Hadean*0.771889*3975 Neoarchean.Base*2800*0*Fixed Date**Neoarchean*0*2800 Neogene.Base*23.03*0.05*Base of magnetic polarity chronozone C6Cn.2n; lowest occurrence of planktonic foraminifer Paragloborotalia kugleri; near extinction of calcareous nannofossil Reticulofenestra bisecta (base Zone NN1).*Lemme-Carrosio section, Carrosio village, north of Genoa, Italy*Aquitanian*0*23.03 Neoproterozoic.Base*1000*0*Fixed Date**Tonian*0*1000 Niagaran.Base*****Aeronian*0.333333*438 Noginskian.Base*****Gzhelian*0.693878*300.5 Norian.Base*216.5*2.0*Base of Klamathites macrolobatus or Stikinoceras kerri ammonoid zones and the Metapolygnathus communisti or M. primitius conodont zones.**Norian*0*216.5 Nukumaruan.Base*****Gelasian*0.803069*1.96 Ohauan.Base*****Kimmeridgian*0.755102*152 Okehuan.Base*****Early Pleistocene*0.68878*1.1 Olenekian.Base*249.7*0.7*Near lowest occurrence of Hedenstroemia or Meekoceras gracilitatis ammonites, and of the conodont Neospathodus waageni.**Olenekian*0*249.7 Oligocene.Base*33.9*0.1*Planktonic foraminifer, extinction of Hantkenina.*Massignano quarry, Ancona, Italy*Rupelian*0*33.9 Onnian.Base*****Ordovician VI*0.27451*453 Opoitian.Base*****Zanclean*0.307159*4.8 Ordian.Base*****Early Cambrian*0.758621*520 Ordovician VI.Base*455.8*1.6*Potentially near first appearance of the graptolite Diplacanthograptus caudatus.**Ordovician VI*0*455.8 Ordovician.Base*488.3*1.7*Conodont, lowest occurrence of Iapetognathus fluctivagus; just above base of Cordylodus lindstromi conodont Zone. Just below lowest occurrence of planktonic graptolites.*Green Point, western Newfoundland, Canada*Tremadocian*0*488.3 Orellan.Base*****Rupelian*0.0727273*33.5 Oretian.Base*****Carnian*0.26087*225 Orosirian.Base*2050*0*Fixed Date**Orosirian*0*2050 Osagean.Base*****Tournaisian*0.805755*348 Otamitan.Base*****Carnian*0.869565*218 Otapirian.Base*****Rhaetian*0.15*203 Pa.Base*****Pragian*.6923076923077*408.292 Paibian.Top*****Late Cambrian*0.393701*496 Paleoarchean.Base*3600*0*Fixed Date**Paleoarchean*0*3600 Panenka.Base*****Pragian*0.0*411.2 Panenka.Top*****Emsian*0.0*407 Patrocardia-Dualina.Base*****Pridoli*.575*417.147 Payntonian.Base*****Late Cambrian*0.787402*491 Pelsonian.Base*****Anisian*0.5*241 Penglaizhenian.Base*****Tithonian*0.339623*149 Pennsylvanian.Base*318.1*1.3*Conodont, lowest occurrence of Declinognathodus nodiliferus s.l.*Battleship Wash Formation, Arrow Canyon, southern Nevada, USA*Bashkirian*0*318.1 Penutian.Base*****Ypresian*0.388889*53 Permian.Base*299.0*0.8*Conodont, lowest occurrence of Streptognathodus isolatus within the S. "wabaunsensis" conodont chronocline. 6 m higher is lowest fusilinid foraminifer Sphaeroschwagerina.*Aidaralash Creek, Akt�be, southern Ural Mountains, northern Kazakhstan*Asselian*0*299 Phanerozoic.Base*542.0*0.3*Trace fossil, lowest occurrence of Treptichnus (Phycodes) pedum. Near base of negative carbon-isotope excursion.*Chapel Island Formation, Fortune Head, Burin Peninsula, southeast Newfoundland, Canada*Early Cambrian*0*542 Piacenzian.Base*3.600*0.005*Base of magnetic polarity chronozone C2An (Gauss); extinction levels of planktonic foraminifers Globorotalia margaritae and Pulleniatina primalis.*Punta Piccola, Sicily, Italy*Piacenzian*0*3.6 Pleistocene.Base*1.806*0.005*Just above top of magnetic polarity chronozone C2n (Olduvai) and the extinction level of calcareous nannofossil Discoaster brouweri (base Zone CN13). Above are lowest occurrence of calcareous nannofossil medium Gephyrocapsa spp. and extinction level of planktonic foraminifer Globigerinoides extremus.*Urica, Calabria, Italy*Early Pleistocene*0*1.806 Pliensbachian.Base*189.6*1.5*Ammonite, lowest occurrences of Bifericeras donovani and of genera Apoderoceras and Gleviceras.*Wine Haven section, Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire, England, UK*Pliensbachian*0*189.6 Pliocene.Base*5.332***Trubi Formation, Eraclea Minoa, Sicily, Italy*Zanclean*0*5.332 PoW.Base*****Pragian*.2051282051282*410.338 Porangan.Base*****Lutetian*0.195122*47 Portlandian.Base*****Tithonian*0.90566*146 Poundian.Base*****Ediacaran*0.681818*570 Pragian.Base*411.2*2.8*Conodont, lowest occurrence of Eognathodus sulcatus.*Velká Chuchle quarry, southwest part of Prague city, Czech Republic*Pragian*0*411.2 Priabonian.Base*37.2*0.1*Near lowest occurrence of calcareous nannofossil Chiasmolithus oamaruensis (base Zone NP18).**Priabonian*0*37.2 Pridoli.Base*418.7*2.7*Graptolite, lowest occurrence of Monograptus parultimus.*Požáry section near Řeporyje, Barrandian area, Prague, Czech Republic*Pridoli*0*418.7 Proterozoic.Base*2500*0*Fixed Date**Siderian*0*2500 Puaroan.Base*****Tithonian*0.150943*150 Putikian.Base*****Middle Pleistocene*0.459542*0.48 Qianxin.Top*****Paleoarchean*0.5*3400 Quaternary.Base*1.806****Early Pleistocene*0*1.806 Qungzusian.Base*****Early Cambrian*0.344828*532 Rancholabrean.Base*****Middle Pleistocene*0.734351*0.3 Randian.Base*****Mesoarchean*0.5*3000 Rawtheyan.Base*****Ordovician VI*0.911765*446.5 Refugian.Base*****Priabonian*0.666667*35 Relizian.Base*****Burdigalian*0.881166*16.5 Repettian.Base*****Piacenzian*0.6917*2.9 Rhaetian.Base*203.6*1.5*Near lowest occurrence of ammonite Cochlocera, conodonts Misikella spp. and Epigondolella mosheri, and radiolarian Proparvicingula moniliformis.**Rhaetian*0*203.6 Rhyacian.Base*2300*0*Fixed Date**Rhyacian*0*2300 Riphean.Base*1400****Ectasian*0*1400 Rognacian.Base*****Maastrichtian*0.509804*68 Ryzanian.Base*****Berriasian*0.660377*142 Ryzanian.Top*****Valanginian*0.973684*136.5 Sakian.Base*****Late Cambrian*0.511811*494.5 Sakmarian.Base*294.6*0.8*Conodont, near lowest occurrence of conodont Streptognathodus postfusus.**Sakmarian*0*294.6 Santonian.Base*85.8*0.7*Inoceramid bivalve, lowest occurrence of Cladoceramus undulatoplicatus.**Santonian*0*85.8 Saucesian.Base*****Aquitanian*0.396154*22 Selandian.Base*61.7*0.2***Selandian*0*61.7 Senecan.Base*****Givetian*0.584615*388 Serpukhovian.Base*326.4*1.6*Near lowest occurrence of conodont, Lochriea crusiformis.**Serpukhovian*0*326.4 Serravallian.Base*13.65*0.05*Near lowest occurrence of nannofossil Sphenolithus heteromorphus, and within magnetic polarity chronozone C5ABr.**Serravallian*0*13.65 Sevatian.Base*****Norian*0.426357*211 Shaximioan.Base*****Bathonian*0.233333*167 Shinulanian.Base*****Aeronian*0.333333*438 Silurian.Base*443.7*1.5*Graptolites, lowest occurrences of Parakidograptus acuminatus and Akidograptus ascensus.*Birkhill Shale Formation, Dobb's Linn, Moffat, Scotland, UK*Rhuddanian*0*443.7 Sinemurian.Base*196.5*1.0*Ammonite, lowest occurrence of arietitid genera Vermiceras and Metophioceras.*East Quantoxead, Watchet, West Somerset, SW England, UK*Sinemurian*0*196.5 Soudleyan.Base*****Ordovician V*0.568627*458 Spathian.Base*****Olenekian*0.489362*247.4 Statherian.Base*1800*0*Fixed Date**Statherian*0*1800 Stenian.Base*1200*0*Fixed Date**Stenian*0*1200 Stephanian.Base*306.5****Kasimovian*0*306.5 Steptoan.Base*****Late Cambrian*0.511811*494.5 Streffordian.Base*****Ordovician VI*0.372549*452 Sturtian.Base*****Cryogenian*0.227273*800 Su.Base*****Emsian*.9487179487179*397.987 Suchian.Base*****Piacenzian*0.592885*3 Sunwaptan.Base*****Late Cambrian*0.629921*493 Swazian.Base*****Hadean*0.739302*4000 Telfordian.Base*****Sakmarian*0.54902*289 Telychian.Base*436.0*1.9*Brachiopods, just above extinction of Eocoelia intermedia and below lowest succeeding species Eocoelia curtisi. Near base of Monograptus turriculatus graptolite zone.*Cefn Cerig road, Llandovery area, south-central Wales, UK*Telychian*0*436 Temaikan.Base*****Bajocian*0.666667*169 Templetonian.Base*****Middle Cambrian*0.25*510 Teratan.Base*****Coniacian*0.657143*87 Thanetian.Base*58.7*0.2*Magnetic polarity chronozone, base of C26n, is a temporary assignment.**Thanetian*0*58.7 Tiffanian.Base*****Selandian*0.4*60.5 Tithonian.Base*150.8*4.0*Near base of Hybonoticeras hybonotum ammonite zone and lowest occurrence of Gravesia genus, and the base of magnetic polarity chronozone M22An.**Tithonian*0*150.8 Toarcian.Base*183.0*1.5*Ammonite, near lowest occurrence of a diversified Eodactylites ammonite fauna; correlates with the NW European Paltus horizon.**Toarcian*0*183 Tommotian.Base*****Early Cambrian*0.275862*534 Tongaporutuan.Base*****Tortonian*0.368638*10 Torrejonian.Base*****Danian*0.789474*62.5 Tortonian.Base*11.608*0.005*Last common occurrences of the calcareous nannofossil Discoaster kugleri and the planktonic foraminifer Globigerinoides subquadratus. Associated with the short normal-polarity subchron C5r.2n.*Monte dei Corvi beach section, Ancona, Italy*Tortonian*0*11.608 Toyonian.Base*****Early Cambrian*0.810345*518.5 Turonian.Base*93.5*0.8*Ammonite, lowest occurrence of Watinoceras devonense.*Rock Canyon Anticline, east of Pueblo, Colorado, west-central USA*Turonian*0*93.5 Tuvalian.Base*****Carnian*0.26087*225 Tyrrhenian.Base*****Middle Pleistocene*0.79542*0.26 Uintan.Base*****Lutetian*0.390244*45.4 Ulatisian.Base*****Ypresian*0.666667*51 Undillian.Base*****Middle Cambrian*0.583333*506 Uruoan.Base*****Pliensbachian*0.242424*188 Urutawan.Base*****Albian*0.16129*110 Valanginian.Base*140.2*3.0*Calpionellid, lowest occurrence of Calpionellites darderi (base of Calpionellid Zone E); followed by the lowest occurrence of ammonite "Thurmanniceras" pertransiens.**Valanginian*0*140.2 Vendian.Base*****Cryogenian*0.909091*650 Venturian.Base*****Gelasian*0.496164*2.2 Virgilian.Base*****Kasimovian*0.576923*305 Visean.Base*345.3*2.1*Foraminifer, lineage Eoparastaffella simplex morphotype 1/morphotype 2.**Visean*0*345.3 W.Base*****Pragian*.4358974358974*409.369 Waiauan.Base*****Tortonian*0.0247593*11.5 Waipawan.Base*****Thanetian*0.758621*56.5 Waipipian.Base*3.6****Piacenzian*0*3.6 Waitakian.Base*****Chattian*0.260708*27 Warendian.Base*****Tremadocian*0.340206*485 Warepan.Base*****Norian*0.813953*206 Wasatchian.Base*****Ypresian*0.0416667*55.5 Wenlock.Base*428.2*2.3*Imprecise. Between the base of acritarch biozone 5 and extinction of conodont Pterospathodus amorphognathoides. May be near base of Cyrtograptus centrifugus graptolite zone.*Hughley Brook, Apedale, Shropshire, southwest England, UK*Sheinwoodian*0*428.2 Werrikooian.Top*****Early Pleistocene*0.786341*1 Westphalian.Base*****Bashkirian*0.484375*315 Wheelerian.Base*****Gelasian*0.879795*1.9 Whitlandian.Base*****Arenig*0.529412*475 Whitneyan.Base*****Rupelian*0.345455*32 Wordian.Base*268.0*0.7*Conodont, lowest occurrence of Jinogondolella aserrata.*Getaway Ledge outcrop, Guadalupe Pass, SE Guadalupe Mountains, Texas, USA*Wordian*0*268 Wutaian.Base*****Neoarchean*0.666667*2600 Xiushanian.Base*****Telychian*0.897436*429 Yanguan.Base*****Tournaisian*0.697842*349.5 Yatalan.Base*****Piacenzian*0.197628*3.4 Yatalan.Top*****Gelasian*0.751918*2 Yeadonian.Base*****Bashkirian*0.40625*315.5 Ynezian.Base*****Selandian*0.0666667*61.5 Ypeenian.Base*****Ordovician III*0.486486*470 Yuian.Base*****Tortonian*0.483265*9.5 Yujianian.Base*****Pragian*0.285714*410 Yurmatian.Base*****Ectasian*0.125*1375 Yuzanjian.Base*****Early Pleistocene*0.298537*1.5 Yuzanjian.Top*****Middle Pleistocene*0.0473282*0.75 Zemorrian.Base*****Rupelian*0.0727273*33.5 Zhungxian.Base*****Middle Cambrian*0.666667*505 Zuzhuangian.Base*****Middle Cambrian*0.333333*509 acuaria.Base*****Pragian*0.0*411.2 agna.Base*****Homerian*.1547619047619*425.689 alata.Base*****Ludfordian*.3*420.52 amorphognathoides.Base*****Telychian*.52*431.944 amsdeni.Base*****Sheinwoodian*.390625*427.419 amsdeni.Top*****Homerian*0.0*426.2 barrandei.Base*****Emsian*.2258064516129*404.855 belophorus.Base*****Sheinwoodian*.3864864864865*427.427 bohemica.Base*****Lochkovian*.4415584415584*413.881 bohemica.Base*****Pridoli*0.0*418.7 bohemicus tenuis.Base*****Ludfordian*.3*420.52 bouceki.Base*****Pridoli*.4075*417.6 cancellata.Base*****Emsian*0.4301075268817*402.914 celloni.Base*****Telychian*.2*434.44 chimaera.Base*****Gorstian*.2115384615385*422.562 colonus.Base*****Gorstian*0.0*422.9 conformis.Base*****Ludfordian*.725*419.415 consaguis.Base*****Gorstian*.5384615384615*422.038 crispa.Base*****Ludfordian*.7763157894737*419.282 crispa.Top*****Pridoli*0.0*418.7 cybele cybele.Base*****Pridoli*.675*416.877 docens.Base*****Ludfordian*0.0*421.3 donigala.Base*****Gorstian*.1923076923077*422.592 dubius.Base*****Sheinwoodian*.1891891891892*427.822 elegans.Base*****Emsian*.3290322580645*403.874 figusi.Base*****Homerian*.2678571428571*425.316 figusi.Top*****Homerian*.4464285714286*424.727 fragmentalis.Base*****Ludfordian*.865*419.051 gibbosa.Base*****Homerian*.8482142857143*423.401 inexpectatus.Base*****Ludfordian*.45*420.13 insolita.Base*****Pridoli*.875*416.337 intermedia.Base*****Lochkovian*.5974025974026*413.132 kozlowskii.Base*****Ludfordian*.5825*419.786 latilobus.Base*****Ludfordian*.725*419.415 linearis.Base*****Ludfordian*0.0*421.3 lochkovensis.Base*****Pridoli*.275*417.957 ludensis.Base*****Homerian*.8408408408408*423.425 lundgreni.Base*****Homerian*0.0*426.2 maureri.Base*****Emsian*.8064516129032*399.339 nassa.Base*****Homerian*.5105105105105*424.515 nivosa.Base*****Sheinwoodian*.5789473684211*427.042 nivosa.Top*****Sheinwoodian*.7105263157895*426.779 parultimus.Base*****Pridoli*0.0*418.7 parvus.Base*****Homerian*.3393393393393*425.08 perneri-ramosus.Base*****Sheinwoodian*.8027027027027*426.595 perneri.Base*****Pridoli*.5625*417.181 ploeckensis.Base*****Gorstian*.1636363636364*422.638 praedeubeli-deubeli.Base*****Homerian*.6756756756757*423.97 pseudopesavis-combinatus.Base*****Rhuddanian*.6341463414634*440.72 pseudopesavis-combinatus.Top*****Aeronian*.1290322580645*438.613 ranuliformis.Base*****Sheinwoodian*.125*427.95 riccartonensis.Base*****Sheinwoodian*0.0*428.2 richteri.Base*****Emsian*.5376344086022*401.892 rigidus.Base*****Sheinwoodian*.5945945945946*427.011 sardiniana.Base*****Pridoli*.125*418.363 sardiniana.Top*****Pridoli*.25*418.025 senex.Base*****Lochkovian*.2987012987013*414.566 signata.Base*****Gorstian*.7307692307692*421.731 siluricus.Base*****Ludfordian*.09473684210526*421.054 siluricus.Top*****Ludfordian*.5526315789474*419.863 staurognathoides.Base*****Aeronian*.3225806451613*438.032 strangulata.Base*****Pragian*.8589743589744*407.592 testis.Base*****Homerian*.1741741741742*425.625 transgrediens.Base*****Pridoli*.7*416.81 ultimus.Base*****Pridoli*.15*418.295 uniformis.Base*****Lochkovian*0.0*416 zlichovensis.Base*****Emsian*.08602150537634*406.183