Furongian
E413994
Furongian is the late epoch of the Cambrian Period, marking the final stage of early Paleozoic marine life diversification before the Ordovician.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Furongian canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chronostratigraphic unit
ⓘ
geologic epoch ⓘ |
| biota |
dominated by trilobites
ⓘ
includes archaeocyaths decline ⓘ includes early brachiopods ⓘ includes early echinoderms ⓘ includes small shelly fossils ⓘ |
| biozonation | defined by trilobite and conodont zones ⓘ |
| chronology | Late Cambrian ⓘ |
| contains |
Paibian Stage
ⓘ
surface form:
Jiangshanian Stage
Paibian Stage ⓘ Stage 10 of the Cambrian (unnamed formal stage) ⓘ |
| correlatesWith | traditional Late Cambrian in older literature ⓘ |
| duration | about 11.6 million years ⓘ |
| end | approximately 485.4 million years ago ⓘ |
| endBoundaryUncertainty | about ±1.9 million years ⓘ |
| eon | Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ |
| era | Paleozoic Era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Miaolingian ⓘ |
| formalizedBy | International Commission on Stratigraphy ⓘ |
| GSSPRegion |
Newfoundland for top
ⓘ
South China for base ⓘ |
| ICSStatus | ratified epoch of the Cambrian ⓘ |
| lithostratigraphy | represented mainly by marine sedimentary rocks ⓘ |
| lowerBoundaryDefinedBy | first appearance datum of trilobite Glyptagnostus reticulatus ⓘ |
| lowerBoundaryGSSP | Paibi, Hunan, China ⓘ |
| marineLife | characterized by diversification of early Paleozoic marine faunas ⓘ |
| nameOrigin | derived from "Furong", an old name for Hunan, China ⓘ |
| paleoclimate | generally warm greenhouse conditions ⓘ |
| paleogeography | associated with breakup and dispersal of Cambrian continents ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cambrian Period
ONNED1
ⓘ
Paleozoic Era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInCambrian | third and youngest epoch of the Cambrian ⓘ |
| precedes | Ordovician Period ⓘ |
| rank | epoch ⓘ |
| significance | marks the final stage of early Paleozoic marine diversification before the Ordovician radiation ⓘ |
| start | approximately 497 million years ago ⓘ |
| startBoundaryUncertainty | about ±1.7 million years ⓘ |
| stratigraphicPosition |
Miaolingian
ⓘ
surface form:
overlies Miaolingian Series
underlies Lower Ordovician (Tremadocian) ⓘ |
| system | Cambrian System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeScale |
International Chronostratigraphic Chart
ⓘ
surface form:
International Commission on Stratigraphy time scale
|
| upperBoundaryDefinedBy | base of the Tremadocian Stage of the Ordovician ⓘ |
| upperBoundaryGSSP |
Mistaken Point, Newfoundland, Canada
ⓘ
surface form:
Green Point, Newfoundland, Canada
|
| upperBoundaryMarker | first appearance datum of conodont Iapetognathus fluctivagus ⓘ |
| usedIn | global chronostratigraphic correlation ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.