Wordian age

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The Wordian age is a middle Permian subdivision of geologic time characterized by significant marine and terrestrial faunal developments prior to the major biotic crises later in the period.

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Wordian age canonical 2
Wordian Age 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chronostratigraphic unit
geologic age
stage
associatedWith carbonate platform development in the Permian Basin
diverse marine invertebrate assemblages
terrestrial vertebrate faunas on Pangea
characterizedBy significant marine faunal developments
significant terrestrial faunal developments
chronologicalPosition middle part of the Permian
contains Wordian Stage (stratigraphy)
correlatesWith regional Permian stages in Eurasia
definedBy biostratigraphic markers
lithostratigraphic criteria in type area
endTime ~265.1 million years ago
environmentalContext predominantly warm climatic conditions
fallsWithin Paleozoic era
linked to: Paleozoic Era

Phanerozoic eon
linked to: Phanerozoic Eon
follows Roadian age
linked to: Roadian Age
GSSPDefinedBy International Commission on Stratigraphy
GSSPLocation Guadalupian Series stratotype section, Guadalupe Mountains
GSSPStatus ratified
hasRank age
stage
namedAfter Guadalupe Mountains
Word Formation
namedBy P. B. King
R. E. King
namedInYear 1931
partOf Guadalupian epoch
linked to: Guadalupian Epoch

Middle Permian
Permian period
linked to: Permian Period
positionInSeries middle stage of the Guadalupian
precedes Capitanian age
precedesEvent late Permian biotic crises
recognizedBy International Union of Geological Sciences
standardUnitFor middle Permian time correlation
startTime ~268.8 million years ago
stratotypeRegion Guadalupe Mountains, West Texas, USA
linked to: Guadalupe Mountains

New Mexico, USA
linked to: New Mexico
subdivides Guadalupian epoch
linked to: Guadalupian Epoch
timeScale ICS geologic time scale
usedIn Permian basin stratigraphy
global chronostratigraphy
paleontological correlation

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Guadalupian Epoch containsAge Wordian Age
linked to: Wordian age
Capitanian age follows Wordian age