Pleistocene
| Subdivisions of the Quaternary System | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| System/ Period |
Series/ Epoch |
Stage/ Age |
Age (Ma) |
| Quaternary | Holocene | 0.0117–0 | |
| Pleistocene | Tarantian | 0.126–0.0117 | |
| Ionian | 0.781–0.126 | ||
| Calabrian | 1.80–0.781 | ||
| Gelasian | 2.58–1.80 | ||
| Neogene | Pliocene | Piacenzian | aulder |
| In Europe an North Americae, the Holocene is subdividit intae Preboreal, Boreal, Atlantic, Subboreal, an Subatlantic stages o the Blytt–Sernander time scale. Thare are mony regional subdiveesions for the Upper or Late Pleistocene; uisually these represent locally recognised cauld (glacial) an wairm (interglacial) periods. The last glacial period ends wi the cauld Younger Dryas substage. | |||
The Pleistocene (eften colloquially referred tae as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch that lastit frae aboot 2,588,000 tae 11,700 year agae, spannin the warld's maist recent period o repeatit glaciations.
