Pleistocaenum

Sedimenta ethiniislittoralibus inAegadibus insulisaevo Pleistocaeno compacta

Pleistocaenum(a verbisGraecisπλεῖστος'plurimus' +καινός'novus') est series siveepochaperiodiQuaternarii,quae annorum circiter 2 580 000a.p.incepit,Pliocaenoperfecto, et abhinc annorum 11.7 milium ad finem venit, ineunte epochaHolocaenasub qua vivimus.

Pleistocaenum quattuor aetates velstadiacomprehendit, quae ab infimo ad supremum suntGelasium,Calabrium,Pleistocaenum medium,Pleistocaenum superius.

Bibliographia

• P.L. Gibbard, M.J. Head, "The newly-ratified definition of the Quaternary System/Period and redefinition of the Pleistocene Series/Epoch, and comparison of proposals advanced prior to formal ratification" inEpisodesvol. 33 (2010) pp. 152–158

Nexus interni

• Homo habilis
• Tempus glaciale recentissimum
• Vallis Nihewan
• Tundrosteppa

Nexus externi

• "Pleistocene Epoch"apudGeoWhen Database

Series = Epochae geologicae

	Tyrannosaurus rex
Terreneuvium•Series Cambria 2•Maolingium•Furongium•Ordovicium inferius•medium•superius•Llandoverium•Wenlockium•Ludlowium•Pridolium•Devonium inferius•medium•superius•Mississippium inferius•medium•superius•Pennsylvanium inferius•medium•superius•Cisuralium•Guadalupium•Lopingium•Triassicum inferius•medium•superius•Iurassicum inferius•medium•superius•Cretaceum inferius•superius•Palaeocaenum•Eocaenum•Oligocaenum•Miocaenum•Pliocaenum•Pleistocaenum•Holocaenum Index aevorum geologicorum Capsae cognatae:Aeones•Aerae•Periodi•Epochae•Aetatesgeologicae =Aeonothemata•Aerathemata•Systemata•Series•Stadiastratigraphica