Silesian (series)
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| System | Series (NW Europe) |
Stage (NW Europe) |
Series (ICS) |
Stage (ICS) |
Age (Ma) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Permian | younger | ||||
| Carboniferous | Silesian | Stephanian | Pennsylvanian | Gzhelian | 298.9–303.7 |
| Kasimovian | 303.7–307.0 | ||||
| Westphalian | Moscovian | 307.0–315.2 | |||
| Bashkirian | 315.2–323.2 | ||||
| Namurian | |||||
| Mississippian | Serpukhovian | 323.2–330.9 | |||
| Dinantian | Visean | Visean | 330.9–346.7 | ||
| Tournaisian | Tournaisian | 346.7–358.9 | |||
| Devonian | older | ||||
| Subdivisions of the Carboniferous system in Europe compared with the official ICS-stages (as of 2018) | |||||
The Silesian is in the geologic timescale of Europe a series or epoch, a subdivision of the Carboniferous system or period.
It was named for Silesia, a region that stretches over the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany.
Geology
[edit]It follows or lies on top of the Dinantian epoch/series and lasted from roughly 326.4 to 299.0 Ma ago.[citation needed]
The base of the Silesian is undefined, the top is defined by the first appearance of the conodont Streptognathodus isolatus.
Subdivisions
[edit]The Silesian is subdivided into three stages, from young (upper) to old (lower):
See also
[edit]References
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