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Miaolingian

Hierarchy:Phanerozoic Paleozoic  Cambrian
   Miaolingian
Classification:Epoch (as per International Commission on Stratigraphy)
Top:~497 Ma
Base:~509 Ma
Preceeds:Furongian Paibian
Follows:Cambrian Series 2 Cambrian Stage 4
Primary Divisions:GuzhangianDrumianWuliuan
Fossil Record

Data via PaleoBioDB


Taxa Count Key
First appearance
Extinction
First appearance and extinction
Related precursors
KingdomPhylumClassTaxa Count
AnimaliaAnnelida Polychaeta1
AnimaliaArthropoda Branchiopoda2
AnimaliaArthropoda Cephalocarida2
AnimaliaArthropoda Malacostraca2
AnimaliaArthropoda Maxillopoda1
AnimaliaArthropoda Ostracoda9
AnimaliaArthropoda Trilobita2,718
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Chileata4
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Craniata2
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Kutorginata17
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Lingulata155
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Obolellata7
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Rhynchonellata68
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Strophomenata9
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Tommotiida4 ✝
AnimaliaBryozoa Stenolaemata2
AnimaliaCnidaria Anthozoa4
AnimaliaCnidaria Cubozoa1
AnimaliaCnidaria Hydrozoa1
AnimaliaCnidaria Scyphozoa6
AnimaliaEchinodermata Crinoidea2
AnimaliaEchinodermata Holothuroidea1
AnimaliaHemichordata Pterobranchia10
AnimaliaMollusca Bivalvia8
AnimaliaMollusca Cephalopoda30
AnimaliaMollusca Gastropoda22
AnimaliaMollusca Monoplacophora1
AnimaliaMollusca Polyplacophora20
AnimaliaPorifera Calcarea2
AnimaliaPorifera Demospongiae4
AnimaliaPorifera Hexactinellida38
BacteriaCyanobacteria Cyanophyceae8
ChromistaForaminifera Monothalamea4
ChromistaForaminifera Tubothalamea5
ChromistaMyzozoa Dinophyceae2
ChromistaRadiozoa Polycystina23
PlantaeChlorophyta Chlorophyceae1
PlantaeChlorophyta Ulvophyceae1
PlantaeRhodophyta Rhodophyceae1
PlantaeTracheophyta Magnoliopsida1
 

Geologic Events

Event NameTypeAgeArea
Caledonian orogeny (concludes)Orogeny~505 - ~400 MaEurope
Gondwana formation (concludes)Continental Assembly~550 - ~500 MaGlobal
Damara orogeny (concludes)Orogeny~550 - ~495 MaNamibia
Ross orogeny (concludes)Orogeny~550 - ~480 MaAntarctica


Overview of geological time

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