Mississippian (geologic period)
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
geologic period
|
| gptkbp:characterizedBy |
marine transgressions
limestone deposition |
| gptkbp:correspondsTo |
Lower Carboniferous
|
| gptkbp:dividedInto |
gptkb:Chesterian
gptkb:Kinderhookian gptkb:Meramecian gptkb:Osagean |
| gptkbp:duration |
about 36 million years
|
| gptkbp:endDate |
about 323 million years ago
|
| gptkbp:followedBy |
gptkb:Devonian
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Mississippian (geologic period)
|
| gptkbp:namedAfter |
gptkb:Mississippi_River
|
| gptkbp:notableSite |
corals
brachiopods crinoids ammonoids |
| gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:Carboniferous
|
| gptkbp:precededBy |
gptkb:Pennsylvanian
|
| gptkbp:startDate |
about 359 million years ago
|
| gptkbp:usedIn |
gptkb:North_America
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Pennsylvanian_(formerly)
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
8
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