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Furongian

The Furongian or Late Cambrian is the fourth and final epoch and series of the Cambrian. It lasted from 497 to 486.85 million years ago. It succeeds the Miaolingian series of the Cambrian and precedes the Lower Ordovician Tremadocian Stage. It is subdivided into three stages: the Paibian, Jiangshanian and the unnamed 10th stage of the Cambrian.

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Celestial body
Earth
Chronological unit
Epoch
First proposed by
Shanchi et al., 2002
Former name(s)
Cambrian Series 4
Lower boundary definition
FAD of the Trilobite Glyptagnostus reticulatus
Lower GSSP ratified
2003

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related to Paleontology · 30
Furongian → Alum Shale Formation, Benthic, Bornholm, Callograptus, Cambrian, Cambrian Explosion, Ctenopyge, Dendrograptus, Denmark, Described, Eurycare, Furongian Biodiversity Gap, Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event, Harper, However, In, Later, Leptoplastus, Lotagnostus, Olenus
related to Major events · 14
Furongian → At, Cambrian, Guzhangian, It, Jiangshanian, Miaolingian, Ordovician, Paibian, Sauk, Species, SPICE, Steptoean, The, This
related to External links · 13
Furongian → Archived, China, Furongian Series, GSSP, GSSP Table, GSSPs, Hunan, International Commission, Paibi, Paibian Stage, Paleozoic Era, Stratigraphy, The Cambrian System
related to history · 10
Furongian → Cambrian Series, Fúróng, Hunan, Hunanian, International Commission, Mandarin, Stratigraphy, The, The Furongian, Upper Cambrian
related to Biostratigraphy · 9
Furongian → Agnostotes, Cambrian Stage, Eoconodontus, Glyptagnostus, Jiangshanian, Lotagnostus, Paibian, The, The Furongian
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Furongian → Earth
Chronological unit · 1
Furongian → Epoch
First proposed by · 1
Furongian → Shanchi et al., 2002
Former name(s) · 1
Furongian → Cambrian Series 4
Lower boundary definition · 1
Furongian → FAD of the Trilobite Glyptagnostus reticulatus

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cambrian paibian series stage years ago gssp first jiangshanian epoch trilobite ordovician conodont boundary million lower ics appearance upper china

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FurongianCelestial bodyEarth1.00infobox
FurongianChronological unitEpoch1.00infobox
FurongianFirst proposed byShanchi et al., 20021.00infobox
FurongianFormer name(s)Cambrian Series 41.00infobox
FurongianLower boundary definitionFAD of the Trilobite Glyptagnostus reticulatus1.00infobox
FurongianLower boundary GSSPPaibi section, Paibi, Hunan, China .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
FurongianLower GSSP ratified20031.00infobox
FurongianName formalityFormal1.00infobox
FurongianName ratified20031.00infobox
FurongianRegional usageGlobal (ICS)1.00infobox
FurongianStratigraphic unitSeries1.00infobox
FurongianTime scale(s) usedICS Time Scale1.00infobox
FurongianTime span formalityFormal1.00infobox
FurongianUpper boundary definitionFAD of the Conodont Iapetognathus fluctivagus.1.00infobox
FurongianUpper boundary GSSPGreenpoint section, Green Point, Newfoundland, Canada 49°40′58″N 57°57′55″W / 49.6829°N 57.9653°W / 49.6829; -57.96531.00infobox
FurongianUpper GSSP ratified20001.00infobox

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