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A chart showing the Cambrian period within the Paleozoic era on the geologic time scale, listing its epochs, stages, and corresponding ages in millions of years ago, with color-coded divisions and notes on boundary definitions.
Cambrian Period in geologic time The Cambrian Period and its subdivisions.

Paibian Stage

stratigraphy
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John P. Rafferty
John P. Rafferty writes about Earth processes and the environment. He serves currently as the editor of Earth and life sciences, covering climatology, geology, zoology, and other topics that relate to...
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Paibian Stage, first of three internationally defined stages of the Furongian Series, encompassing all rocks deposited during the Paibian Age (approximately 497 million to 494 million years ago) of the Cambrian Period. The name of this interval is derived from the village of Paibi, Huayan county, Hunan, China. In 2006 the International Commission on Stratigraphy established the Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) defining the base of this unit in Huaqiao Formation in the Wuling...

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