Furongian

Also known as Furongian Epoch, Furongian Series, Cambrian Series 4, Cambrian Epoch 4

The Furongian or Late Cambrian is the fourth and final epoch and series of the Cambrian. It lasted from to million years ago. It succeeds the Miaolingian series of the Cambrian and precedes the Lower Ordovician Tremadocian Stage. It is subdivided into three stages: the Paibian, Jiangshanian and the unnamed 10th stage of the Cambrian.

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Geologic timespan.name: Furongian
Geologic timespan.color: Furongian
Geologic timespan.time_start: 497
Geologic timespan.time_start_prefix: ~
Geologic timespan.time_end: 486.85
Geologic timespan.time_end_uncertainty: 1.5
Geologic timespan.image_map: Mollweide Paleographic Map of Earth, 495 Ma (Paibian Stage).png
Geologic timespan.caption_map: A map of Earth as it appeared 495 million years ago during the Furongian Series, Paibian Stage
Geologic timespan.timeline: Cambrian
Geologic timespan.name_formality: Formal
Geologic timespan.name_accept_date: 2003
Geologic timespan.former_names: Cambrian Series 4
Geologic timespan.celestial_body: earth
Geologic timespan.usage: Global (ICS)
Geologic timespan.timescales_used: ICS Time Scale
Geologic timespan.chrono_unit: Epoch
Geologic timespan.strat_unit: Series
Geologic timespan.proposed_by: Shanchi et al., 2002

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History and naming
Definition
Subdivisions
Biostratigraphy
Major events
Paleontology
References
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==History and naming== The Furongian was also known as the Cambrian Series 4, and the name replaced the older term Upper Cambrian and equivalent to the local term Hunanian. The present name was ratified by the International Commission on Stratigraphy in 2003. () means 'lotus' in Mandarin and refers to Hunan which is known as the "lotus state".

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