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]