Sheinwoodian
Sign in to saveAlso known as Sheinwoodian Stage, Sheinwoodian Age
In the geologic timescale, the Sheinwoodian is the age of the Wenlock Epoch of the Silurian Period of the Paleozoic Era of the Phanerozoic Eon that is comprehended between 432.9 ± 1.2 Ma and 430.6 ± 1.3 Ma (million years ago), approximately. The Sheinwoodian Age succeeds the Telychian Age and precedes the Homerian Age.
Key facts
- Geologic timespan.name
- Sheinwoodian
- Geologic timespan.color
- Sheinwoodian
- Geologic timespan.time_start
- 432.9
- Geologic timespan.time_start_uncertainty
- 1.2
- Geologic timespan.time_end
- 430.6
- Geologic timespan.time_end_uncertainty
- 1.3
- Geologic timespan.image_map
- Laurasia 430Ma.jpg
- Geologic timespan.caption_map
- Paleogeography of the late Sheinwoodian
- Geologic timespan.timeline
- Silurian
- Geologic timespan.name_formality
- Formal
- Geologic timespan.name_accept_date
- 1980
- Geologic timespan.celestial_body
- earth
- Geologic timespan.usage
- Global (ICS)
- Geologic timespan.timescales_used
- ICS Time Scale
- Geologic timespan.chrono_unit
- Age
- Geologic timespan.strat_unit
- Stage
- Geologic timespan.timespan_formality
- Formal
- Geologic timespan.lower_boundary_def
- Imprecise. Currently placed between acritarch biozone 5 and LAD of Pterospathodus amorphognathoides. See Llandovery for more info.
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
Show 4 more facts
- start time
- 433400000-
- end time
- 430500000-
- topic's main category
- Category:Sheinwoodian
- sRGB color hex triplet
- B6E4D0
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Definition
- References
In the geologic timescale, the Sheinwoodian is the age of the Wenlock Epoch of the Silurian Period of the Paleozoic Era of the Phanerozoic Eon that is comprehended between 432.9 ± 1.2 Ma and 430.6 ± 1.3 Ma (million years ago), approximately. The Sheinwoodian Age succeeds the Telychian Age and precedes the Homerian Age.
== Definition == The Wenlock-Llandovery boundary is defined by the first occurrence of Cyrtograptus centrifugus. The stage is named after Sheinwood village, north of Much Wenlock. The Buildwas Formation of Shropshire, United Kingdom contains the type section.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sheinwoodian” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
4 mapped locations