ammonites

Middle Pennsylvanian epoch

General information
Lower boundary: equal to 314.6 Ma (based on Vereian)
Upper boundary: equal to 306.95 Ma (based on Moscovian)
Continent: global
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Key correlations
Period: Carboniferous
Stage: Moscovian
10 million year bin: Carboniferous 4
Contained within
  • Pennsylvanian
  • Carboniferous
  • Sherman
  • Paleozoic
  • Phanerozoic
    • Previous intervals
  • Bashkirian
  • Melekesian
  • Cheremshanian
  • Yeadonian
  • Marsdenian
  • Kinderscoutian
  • Alportian
  • Chokierian
  • Namurian
  • Westphalian A
  • Morrowan
  • Early/Lower Pennsylvanian
  • Prikarnian
  • Severokeltmenian
  • Krasnopolyanian
  • Voznesenian
  • Zapaltyubian
  • Huashibanian
  • Luosuan
    • Next intervals
  • Kasimovian
  • Krevyakian
  • Stephanian
  • Late/Upper Pennsylvanian
  • Xiaodushanian
    • Equivalent to
  • Moscovian
    • Contains
  • Kashirian, Podolskian
    • Shares base with
  • Dalanian, Tsninian, Vereian, Westphalian B, Westphalian C
    • Shares top with
  • Myachkovian, Westphalian, Westphalian D
    • Overlaps with
  • Peskovian (309.0 to 305.9 Ma)
  • Cantabrian (311.45 to 305.9 Ma)
  • Desmoinesian (313.8 to 305.9 Ma)
  • Atokan (318.1 to 311.45 Ma)
    • Appears in scales
  • Subcommission on Carboniferous Stratigraphy Global Series (2006)
  • Gradstein 5: Epochs (2004)

    • Interval name: