Tremadocian Stage

GPTKB entity

Statements (17)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf geological formation
gptkbp:beganIn 485.4 million years ago
gptkbp:earliestStageOf gptkb:Ordovician_Period
gptkbp:endDate 477.7 million years ago
gptkbp:followedBy Furongian Stage
gptkbp:GSSPYearRatified 2000
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tremadocian Stage
gptkbp:location Greenpoint section, Newfoundland, Canada
gptkbp:lowerBoundaryDefinedBy first appearance of the conodont Iapetognathus fluctivagus
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Tremadoc,_Wales
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Ordovician_Period
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Floian_Stage
gptkbp:stratigraphicUnitOf Lower Ordovician Series
gptkbp:upperBoundaryDefinedBy first appearance of the graptolite Tetragraptus approximatus
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:International_Chronostratigraphic_Chart
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ordovician_System
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7