Silurian
Belongs to | Paleozoic |
Type | chronostratigraphy |
Rank | System |
Original rank | ladestu |
Scope | global |
Status | formal standard |
Author | Murchison |
Year | 1839 |
Etymon | Silures, a Welsh borderland tribe |
Original locality | Lõuna-Wales |
Age top (Ma) | 419.2 |
Age base (Ma) | 443.8 |
Age (Ma) | Paleozoic |
Index | S |
Date changed | 2022-12-28 |
Locality | Type | From (m) | To (m) | Reference | Remarks | |
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Dob's Linn, Scotland | boundary stratotype |
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