Wordian age

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The Wordian age is a middle Permian subdivision of geologic time characterized by significant marine and terrestrial faunal developments prior to the major biotic crises later in the period.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Wordian age canonical 2
Wordian Age 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chronostratigraphic unit ⓘ
geologic age ⓘ
stage ⓘ
associatedWith carbonate platform development in the Permian Basin ⓘ
diverse marine invertebrate assemblages ⓘ
terrestrial vertebrate faunas on Pangea ⓘ
characterizedBy significant marine faunal developments ⓘ
significant terrestrial faunal developments ⓘ
chronologicalPosition middle part of the Permian ⓘ
contains Wordian Stage (stratigraphy) ⓘ
correlatesWith regional Permian stages in Eurasia ⓘ
definedBy biostratigraphic markers ⓘ
lithostratigraphic criteria in type area ⓘ
endTime ~265.1 million years ago ⓘ
environmentalContext predominantly warm climatic conditions ⓘ
fallsWithin Paleozoic era ⓘ
linked to: Paleozoic Era

Phanerozoic eon ⓘ
linked to: Phanerozoic Eon
follows Roadian age ⓘ
linked to: Roadian Age
GSSPDefinedBy International Commission on Stratigraphy ⓘ
GSSPLocation Guadalupian Series stratotype section, Guadalupe Mountains ⓘ
GSSPStatus ratified ⓘ
hasRank age ⓘ
stage ⓘ
namedAfter Guadalupe Mountains ⓘ
Word Formation ⓘ
namedBy P. B. King ⓘ
R. E. King ⓘ
namedInYear 1931 ⓘ
partOf Guadalupian epoch ⓘ
linked to: Guadalupian Epoch

Middle Permian ⓘ
Permian period ⓘ
linked to: Permian Period
positionInSeries middle stage of the Guadalupian ⓘ
precedes Capitanian age ⓘ
precedesEvent late Permian biotic crises ⓘ
recognizedBy International Union of Geological Sciences ⓘ
standardUnitFor middle Permian time correlation ⓘ
startTime ~268.8 million years ago ⓘ
stratotypeRegion Guadalupe Mountains, West Texas, USA ⓘ
linked to: Guadalupe Mountains

New Mexico, USA ⓘ
linked to: New Mexico
subdivides Guadalupian epoch ⓘ
linked to: Guadalupian Epoch
timeScale ICS geologic time scale ⓘ
usedIn Permian basin stratigraphy ⓘ
global chronostratigraphy ⓘ
paleontological correlation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Guadalupian Epoch → containsAge → Wordian Age ⓘ
linked to: Wordian age
Capitanian age → follows → Wordian age ⓘ