ammonites

Zechstein age/stage

General information
Lower boundary: after 259 Ma (based on Wuchiapingian)
Upper boundary: equal to 252.3 Ma (based on Changhsingian)
Continent: Europe
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See map of collections within this interval
Key correlations
Period: Permian
Epoch: Lopingian
10 million year bin: Permian 4
Contained within
  • Lopingian
  • Sherman
  • Phanerozoic
    • Previous intervals
  • Capitanian
  • Ohre
  • Aller
  • Capitan
  • Guadalupian
  • Lengwuan
  • Aparima
  • Flettian
    • Next intervals
  • Mesozoic
  • Triassic
  • Early/Lower Triassic
  • Nammalian
  • Griesbachian
  • Induan
  • Dienerian
  • Gore
  • Nelsonian
  • Vetlugian
  • Gamian
  • Ustmylian
  • Sludkian
  • Rybinskian
  • Vokhmian
    • Contains
  • Baoqingian, Laoshanian
    • Shares base with
  • Castile, DUrville, Kalabagh, Laibinian, Longtanian, Puruhauan, Rustler, Salado, Wuchiapingian
    • Shares top with
  • Buntsandstein, Changhsingian, Chhidru, Dewey Lake, Early/Lower Severodvinian, Late/Upper Vyatkian, Meishanian, Paleozoic, Pamirian, Permian, Tatarian, Waiitian
    • Overlaps with
  • Makarewan (253.0 to 251.3 Ma)
  • Vyatkian (259.0 to 252.3 Ma)
  • Early/Lower Vyatkian (259.0 to 252.3 Ma)
  • Severodvinian (265.0 to 254.0 Ma)
  • Wargal (265.0 to 254.0 Ma)
  • Late/Upper Severodvinian (265.0 to 254.0 Ma)
  • Rotliegendes (298.9 to 254.0 Ma)
    • Appears in scales
  • Schneider Permian of Europe (2006)
  • Gradstein Permian of the Germanic Basin (2004)
  • Harland 4: Epochs (1990)

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