Floian Stage

GPTKB entity

Statements (16)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf geological formation
gptkbp:beganIn 477.7 million years ago
gptkbp:endDate 470.0 million years ago
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Tremadocian_Stage
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Floian Stage
gptkbp:location Diabasbrottet Quarry, Västergötland, Sweden
gptkbp:lowerBoundaryDefinedBy First appearance of graptolite Tetragraptus approximatus
gptkbp:namedAfter Flo Parish
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Ordovician_Period
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Dapingian_Stage
gptkbp:ratifiedBy gptkb:International_Commission_on_Stratigraphy
2002
gptkbp:stratigraphicUnitOf Lower Ordovician
gptkbp:upperBoundaryDefinedBy First appearance of conodont Baltoniodus triangularis
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ordovician_System
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7