Ratification of Neogene subseries as formal units in international chronostratigraphy

Aubry, M. -P.; Miller, K. G.; Turco, E.; Flores, J. A.; Gladenkov, A.; Grunert, P.; Hilgen, F.; Nishi, H.; Holbourn, A.; Krijgsman, W.; Lirer, F.; Piller, W. E.; Quillevere, F.; Raffi, I.; Robinson, M.; Rook, L.; Tian, J.; Triantaphyllou, M.; Vallejo, F.

doi:10.18814/epiiugs/2022/022008

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 sixtiered 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.

Ratification of Neogene subseries as formal units in international chronostratigraphy / Aubry M.-P.; Miller K.G.; Turco E.; Flores J.A.; Gladenkov A.; Grunert P.; Hilgen F.; Nishi H.; Holbourn A.; Krijgsman W.; Lirer F.; Piller W.E.; Quillevere F.; Raffi I.; Robinson M.; Rook L.; Tian J.; Triantaphyllou M.; Vallejo F.. - In: EPISODES. - ISSN 0705-3797. - STAMPA. - 45:(2022), pp. 445-453. [10.18814/epiiugs/2022/022008]