Middle Devonian

Middle Devonian
Middle Devonian
Chronology
←	Rhynie chert
←	Hangenberg event,; Famennian glaciation
←	Kellwasser event (Late Devonian extinction)
←	Widespread; shrubs & trees
←	Hunsrück fauna;
	Subdivision of the Devonian according to the ICS, as of 2021.; Vertical axis scale: millions of years ago.
Etymology
Name formality	Formal
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 Conodont Polygnathus costatus partitus
Lower boundary GSSP	Wetteldorf Richtschnitt, Eifel hills, Germany; 50°08′59″N 6°28′18″E / 50.1496°N 6.4716°E
Lower GSSP ratified	1985
Upper boundary definition	FAD of the Conodont Ancyrodella rotundibola
Upper boundary GSSP	Col du Puech de la Suque, Montagne Noire, France; 43°30′12″N 3°05′12″E / 43.5032°N 3.0868°E
Upper GSSP ratified	1986

In the geological timescale, the Middle Devonian epoch (from 397.5 ± 2.7 million years ago to 385.3 ± 2.6 million years ago) occurred during the Devonian period, after the end of the Emsian age.

The Middle Devonian epoch is subdivided into two stages: Eifelian and Givetian.

^ Parry, S. F.; Noble, S. R.; Crowley, Q. G.; Wellman, C. H. (2011). "A high-precision U–Pb age constraint on the Rhynie Chert Konservat-Lagerstätte: time scale and other implications". Journal of the Geological Society. 168 (4). London: Geological Society: 863–872. doi:10.1144/0016-76492010-043.
^ Kaufmann, B.; Trapp, E.; Mezger, K. (2004). "The numerical age of the Upper Frasnian (Upper Devonian) Kellwasser horizons: A new U-Pb zircon date from Steinbruch Schmidt(Kellerwald, Germany)". The Journal of Geology. 112 (4): 495–501. Bibcode:2004JG....112..495K. doi:10.1086/421077.
^ Algeo, T. J. (1998). "Terrestrial-marine teleconnections in the Devonian: links between the evolution of land plants, weathering processes, and marine anoxic events". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 353 (1365): 113–130. doi:10.1098/rstb.1998.0195.
^ "Chart/Time Scale". www.stratigraphy.org. International Commission on Stratigraphy.

[Parry-1] Parry, S. F.; Noble, S. R.; Crowley, Q. G.; Wellman, C. H. (2011). "A high-precision U–Pb age constraint on the Rhynie Chert Konservat-Lagerstätte: time scale and other implications". Journal of the Geological Society. 168 (4). London: Geological Society: 863–872. doi:10.1144/0016-76492010-043.

[Kaufmann2004-2] Kaufmann, B.; Trapp, E.; Mezger, K. (2004). "The numerical age of the Upper Frasnian (Upper Devonian) Kellwasser horizons: A new U-Pb zircon date from Steinbruch Schmidt(Kellerwald, Germany)". The Journal of Geology. 112 (4): 495–501. Bibcode:2004JG....112..495K. doi:10.1086/421077.

[Algeo1998-box-3] Algeo, T. J. (1998). "Terrestrial-marine teleconnections in the Devonian: links between the evolution of land plants, weathering processes, and marine anoxic events". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 353 (1365): 113–130. doi:10.1098/rstb.1998.0195.

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

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