ammonites

Meishucunian age/stage

General information
Lower boundary: after 542 Ma (based on Early/Lower Cambrian)
Upper boundary: equal to 516 Ma (based on Atdabanian)
Continent: Asia
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Key correlations
Period: Cambrian
Epoch: Early/Lower Cambrian
Contained within
  • Diandongian
    • Previous intervals
  • Sinian
  • Vendian
  • Ediacara
  • Proterozoic
  • Neoproterozoic
  • Ediacaran
    • Next intervals
  • Lenian
  • Rhinog
  • Toyonian
  • Botomian
  • Ordian
  • Duyunian
  • Nangaoian
  • Dyeran
  • Qiandongian
    • Contains
  • Tommotian
    • Shares base with
  • Begadean, Cambrian, Early/Lower Cambrian, Manykaian, Nemakit-Daldynian, Paleozoic, Phanerozoic
    • Shares top with
  • Atdabanian, Dolwen, Llanbedr, Montezuman
    • Overlaps with
  • Branchian (520.0 to 513.0 Ma)
  • Caerfai (530.0 to 513.0 Ma)
  • Waucoban (530.0 to 513.0 Ma)
  • Jinnigian (542.0 to 516.0 Ma)
  • Placentian (542.0 to 516.0 Ma)
  • Poundian (580.0 to 530.0 Ma)
    • Appears in scales
  • South China Cambrian Stages (2009)
  • Gradstein Cambrian of South China (2004)

    • Interval name: