Miaolingian

Miaolingian
Miaolingian
Chronology
←	Orsten Fauna
←	Burgess Shale
←	Kaili biota
←	Archaeocyatha extinction
←	Emu Bay Shale
←	Sirius Passet biota
←	Chengjiang biota
←	First Trilobites
←	SSF diversification, first brachiopods & archaeocyatha
←	First halkieriids, mollusсs, hyoliths SSF
←	Baykonurian glaciation
←	Dresbachian extinction
	Major Glacial period
	Subdivision of the Cambrian according to the ICS, as of 2022. ; Vertical axis scale: millions of years ago
Etymology
Name formality	Formal
Name ratified	2018
Former name(s)	Cambrian Series 3
Usage information
Celestial body	Earth
Regional usage	Global (ICS)
Time scale(s) used	ICS Time Scale
Definition
Chronological unit	Epoch
Stratigraphic unit	Series
Time span formality	Formal
Lower boundary definition	FAD of the Trilobite Oryctocephalus indicus.
Lower boundary GSSP	Wuliu-Zengjiayan, Guizhou, China; 26°44.843′N 108°24.830′E / 26.747383°N 108.413833°E
Lower GSSP ratified	2018
Upper boundary definition	FAD of the Trilobite Glyptagnostus reticulatus
Upper boundary GSSP	Paibi section, Paibi, Hunan, China; 28°23.37′N 109°31.54′E / 28.38950°N 109.52567°E
Upper GSSP ratified	2003

The Miaolingian is the third Series of the Cambrian Period, and was formally named in 2018.^[4] It lasted from about 509 to 497 million years ago and is divided in ascending order into 3 stages: the Wuliuan, Drumian, and Guzhangian. The Miaolingian is preceded by the unnamed Cambrian Series 2 and succeeded by the Furongian series.^[5]

It is named after the Miaoling Mountains in southeastern Guizhou Province, China.^[2]

^ "Chart/Time Scale". stratigraphy.org. International Commission on Stratigraphy.
^ ^a ^b ^c Yuanlong Zhao; Jinliang Yuan; Loren E. Babcock; Qingjun Guo; Jin Peng; Leiming Yin; Xinglian Yang; Shanchi Peng; Chunjiang Wang; Robert R. Gaines; Jorge Esteve; Tongsu Tai; Ruidong Yang; Yue Wang; Haijing Sun; Yuning Yang (June 2019). "Global Standard Stratotype-Section and Point (GSSP) for the conterminous base of the Miaolingian Series and Wuliuan Stage (Cambrian) at Balang, Jianhe, Guizhou, China" (PDF). Episodes. 42 (2): 165–184. doi:10.18814/epiiugs/2019/019013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-03-04. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
^ Peng, S. C.; Babcock, L. E.; Robison, R. A.; Lin, H. L.; Rees, M. N.; Saltzman, M. R. (2004). "Global Standard Stratotype-Section and Point (GSSP) of the Furongian Series and Paibian Stage (Cambrian)". Lethaia. 37 (4): 365–379. Bibcode:2004Letha..37..365P. doi:10.1080/00241160410002081. Archived from the original on 2023-07-21. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
^ "International Chronostratigraphic Chart (2018)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-07. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
^ "GSSP Table - Paleozoic Era". Archived from the original on 2023-10-08. Retrieved 2024-03-19.

[1] "Chart/Time Scale". stratigraphy.org. International Commission on Stratigraphy.

[Zhao2019-2] Yuanlong Zhao; Jinliang Yuan; Loren E. Babcock; Qingjun Guo; Jin Peng; Leiming Yin; Xinglian Yang; Shanchi Peng; Chunjiang Wang; Robert R. Gaines; Jorge Esteve; Tongsu Tai; Ruidong Yang; Yue Wang; Haijing Sun; Yuning Yang (June 2019). "Global Standard Stratotype-Section and Point (GSSP) for the conterminous base of the Miaolingian Series and Wuliuan Stage (Cambrian) at Balang, Jianhe, Guizhou, China" (PDF). Episodes. 42 (2): 165–184. doi:10.18814/epiiugs/2019/019013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-03-04. Retrieved 19 March 2024.

[3] Peng, S. C.; Babcock, L. E.; Robison, R. A.; Lin, H. L.; Rees, M. N.; Saltzman, M. R. (2004). "Global Standard Stratotype-Section and Point (GSSP) of the Furongian Series and Paibian Stage (Cambrian)". Lethaia. 37 (4): 365–379. Bibcode:2004Letha..37..365P. doi:10.1080/00241160410002081. Archived from the original on 2023-07-21. Retrieved 19 March 2024.

[4] "International Chronostratigraphic Chart (2018)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-07. Retrieved 2024-03-19.

[GSSP_Table_-_Paleozoic_Era-5] "GSSP Table - Paleozoic Era". Archived from the original on 2023-10-08. Retrieved 2024-03-19.

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