Stage |
Age (Ma) |
GSSP Location |
Latitude, Longitude |
Boundary Level |
Correlation Events |
Status |
Reference |
Carboniferous System |
| Pennsylvanian |
| Gzhelian Stage |
303.7 ± 0.1 |
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Conodont FAD of Streptognathodus simulator |
Anticipated in the near future |
|
| Kasimovian Stage |
307.0± 0.1 |
No candidates |
|
|
|
Anticipated in the near future |
|
| Moscovian Stage |
315.2 ± 0.2 |
No candidates |
|
|
|
Anticipated in the near future |
|
| Bashkirian Stage |
323.2 ± 0.4 |
Arrow canyon section, Nevada, USA |
36°44'06.59''N, 114°46'42.97''E? |
at 82.9m above the top of the Battleship Wash formation |
FAD of Declinognathodus noduliferus (Conodont) |
Ratified 1996 |
Episodes 22/4, p. 272-283, 1999
|
| Mississippian |
| Serpukhovian Stage |
330.9 ± 0.2 |
|
|
|
Conodont FAD Lochriea ziegleri |
Anticipated in the near future |
|
| Visean Stage |
346.7± 0.4 |
Pengchong section, Guangxi, China. |
24°26'8.88''N, 109°27'19.49''E |
the base of Bed 83 |
Benthic foraminifera FAD of Eoparastaffella simplex |
Ratified 2007 |
Episodes 26(2), p. 105-115, 2003
|
| Tournaisian Stage |
358.9 ± 0.4 |
La Serre section, Montagne Noire, France |
43°33’20.55’’N 3°21’31.96’’E |
the base of Bed 89 in Trench E' |
Conodont FAD of Siphonodella sulcata |
Ratified 1989 |
Episodes 14(4), p. 331-336, 1991
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