Kungurian
fourth and last age of the Cisuralian epoch / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Kungurian was a subset of the time during the Permian period.
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Kungurian | |||||||||||||
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283.5 ± 0.6 – 273.01 ± 0.14 Ma | |||||||||||||
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Name formality | Formal | ||||||||||||
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Celestial body | Earth | ||||||||||||
Regional usage | Global (ICS) | ||||||||||||
Time scale(s) used | ICS Time Scale | ||||||||||||
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Chronological unit | Age | ||||||||||||
Stratigraphic unit | Stage | ||||||||||||
Time span formality | Formal | ||||||||||||
Lower boundary definition | Not formally defined | ||||||||||||
Lower boundary definition candidates | Near FAD of the Conodont Neostreptognathodus pnevi | ||||||||||||
Lower boundary GSSP candidate section(s) | Mechetlino, Southern Ural Mountains, Russia | ||||||||||||
Upper boundary definition | FAD of the Conodont Jinogondolella nanginkensis | ||||||||||||
Upper boundary GSSP | Stratotype Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains, Texas, U.S.A. 31.8767°N 104.8768°W / 31.8767; -104.8768 | ||||||||||||
Upper GSSP ratified | 2001[2] |
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