Chronostratigraphy by country

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All UPPER CASE indicates updated content pages (2018), replacing the inconvenient search results used previously.

Country Cretaceous Paleocene Eocene Oligocene Miocene Pliocene Pleistocene
Algeria Cretaceous ---------- ---------- ---------- Miocene ---------- ----------
Angola ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Miocene ---------- Pleistocene
Antarctica ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Miocene ---------- ----------
Argentina ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Miocene ---------- ----------
Austria ---------- ---------- ---------- Oligocene Miocene ---------- ----------
Australia ---------- ---------- Eocene ---------- MIOCENE OF VICTORIA AND SOUTH AUSTRALIA PLIOCENE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA AND VICTORIA ----------
Belgium ---------- Paleocene EOCENE OF THE ANGLO-PARIS-BELGIAN BASIN OLIGOCENE OF THE NORTH SEA BASIN MIOCENE OF THE NORTH SEA BASIN ---------- ----------
Bermuda ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Pleistocene
Brazil ---------- Paleocene ---------- ---------- Miocene ----------  
Bulgaria ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Miocene ----------  
Burma (Myanmar) ---------- ---------- ---------- Oligocene ---------- ----------  
Cameroon ---------- ---------- Eocene ---------- ---------- ----------  
Canary Islands ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Miocene Pliocene  
Chile ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Miocene Pliocene  
Colombia ---------- ---------- Eocene Oligocene Miocene Pliocene  
Costa Rica ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Miocene ----------  
Cyprus ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Miocene ----------  
Denmark ---------- Paleocene ---------- OLIGOCENE OF THE NORTH SEA BASIN ---------- ----------  
Dominican Republic ---------- ---------- ---------- Oligocene Miocene ----------  
Ecuador ---------- ---------- ---------- Oligocene Miocene Pliocene  
Egypt ---------- Paleocene Eocene ---------- Miocene ---------- Pleistocene
England ---------- ---------- EOCENE OF THE ANGLO-PARIS-BELGIAN BASIN ---------- ---------- Pliocene  
Fiji ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Miocene ----------  
France ---------- ----------

EOCENE OF THE ANGLO-PARIS-BELGIAN BASIN

EOCENE OF THE LOIRE BASIN

OLIGOCENE OF THE AQUITAINE BASIN

OLIGOCENE OF THE LOIRE BASIN

MIOCENE OF THE AQUITAINE BASIN

MIOCENE OF THE LOIRE BASIN

PLIOCENE OF SPAIN, PORTUGAL AND FRANCE  
Gabon ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Pleistocene
Germany ---------- ---------- ---------- OLIGOCENE OF THE NORTH SEA BASIN MIOCENE OF THE NORTH SEA BASIN ----------  
Greece ---------- ---------- ---------- Oligocene ---------- ----------  
Greenland ---------- Paleocene ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------  
Hungary ---------- ---------- Eocene Oligocene Miocene ----------  
India CRETACEOUS ---------- Eocene Oligocene Miocene Pliocene  
Iran ---------- ---------- ---------- Oligocene Miocene ----------  
Italy ---------- ---------- Eocene Oligocene Miocene ----------  
Indonesia ---------- ---------- Eocene ---------- Miocene Pliocene Pleistocene
Jamaica ---------- ---------- ---------- Oligocene ---------- Pliocene  
Japan CRETACEOUS ---------- ---------- Oligocene Miocene Pliocene Pleistocene
Madagascar CRETACEOUS ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------  
Malaysia ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Pliocene Pleistocene
Martinique ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Miocene ----------  
Mexico ---------- ---------- ---------- Oligocene Miocene Pliocene Pleistocene
Morocco ---------- ---------- Eocene ---------- ---------- Pliocene  
Mozambique ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Pleistocene
Netherlands Cretaceous Paleocene ---------- ---------- MIOCENE OF THE NORTH SEA BASIN ----------  
New Zealand ---------- ---------- Eocene Oligocene Miocene Pliocene Pleistocene
Nigeria ---------- Paleocene ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------  
Pakistan ---------- ---------- Eocene ---------- ---------- ----------  
Panama ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- MIOCENE OF PANAMA ----------  
Peru ---------- ---------- Eocene Oligocene Miocene ----------  
Philippines ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Pliocene  Pleistocene
Poland ---------- ---------- Eocene ---------- Miocene ----------  
Porto Rico ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Miocene ----------  
Portugal ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- PLIOCENE OF SPAIN, PORTUGAL AND FRANCE  
Romania ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Miocene ----------  
Russia ---------- ---------- Eocene ---------- ---------- ----------  
Senegal ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Pleistocene
Slovak Republic ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Miocene ----------  
South Africa ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Miocene ----------  
Spain ---------- ---------- Eocene ---------- ----------

PLIOCENE OF SPAIN, PORTUGAL AND FRANCE

 
Switzerland ---------- Paleocene Eocene ---------- ---------- ----------  
Tanzania ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Pleistocene
Togo ---------- ---------- Eocene ---------- ---------- ----------  
Trinidad ---------- ---------- ---------- Oligocene Miocene ----------  
Tunesia ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Pliocene  
Turkey ---------- ---------- ---------- Oligocene Miocene Pliocene  
Ukraine ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Miocene ----------  
Uruguay ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Pleistocene
USA - Alabama ---------- Paleocene EOCENE OF THE CLAIBORNE GROUP, SE USA ---------- ---------- ----------  
USA - California ---------- ---------- Eocene Oligocene Miocene Pliocene  Pleistocene
USA - Delaware ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Miocene ----------  
USA - Florida ---------- ----------

EOCENE OF FLORIDA, USA

Oligocene MIOCENE OF FLORIDA, USA PLIOCENE OF FLORIDA, USA PLEISTOCENE OF FLORIDA, USA
USA - Louisiana ---------- ---------- Eocene Oligocene ---------- ----------  
USA - Maryland ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Miocene ----------  
USA - Mississippi CRETACEOUS ---------- Eocene Oligocene ---------- ----------  
USA - New Jersey ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Miocene ----------  
USA - North Carolina ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- MIOCENE OF NORTH CAROLINA, USA Pliocene Pleistocene
USA - Oregon ----------  ----------  Eocene Oligocene ----------  ----------   
USA - South Carolina ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Pliocene  
            PLEISTOCENE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, USA  
USA - Tennessee CRETACEOUS ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------  
USA - Texas CRETACEOUS ---------- EOCENE OF THE CLAIBORNE GROUP, SE USA ---------- Miocene ----------  
USA - Virginia ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Miocene ----------  
USA - Washington ---------- ---------- ---------- Oligocene ---------- ----------  
Vanuatu (New Hebrides) ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Miocene ----------  
Venezuela ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- MIOCENE OF VENEZUELA Pliocene  

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