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Wuchiapingian

In the geologic timescale, the Wuchiapingian or Wujiapingian (from in the Liangshan area of Hanzhong, Shaanxi Province ) is an age or stage of the Permian. It is also the lower or earlier of two subdivisions of the Lopingian Epoch or Series. The Wuchiapingian spans the time between and million years ago (Ma). It was preceded by the Capitanian and followed by the Changhsingian.

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Geologic timespan.name: Wuchiapingian
Geologic timespan.color: Wuchiapingian
Geologic timespan.time_start: 259.51
Geologic timespan.time_start_uncertainty: 0.21
Geologic timespan.time_end: 254.14
Geologic timespan.time_end_uncertainty: 0.07
Geologic timespan.image_outcrop: Kamsdorf section.jpg
Geologic timespan.caption_outcrop: Wuchiapingian aged stratigraphic succession including the Kupferschiefer, Kamsdorf mine near Saalfeld, Thuringia, Germany
Geologic timespan.timeline: Permian
Geologic timespan.name_formality: Formal
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: FAD of the Conodont Clarkina postbitteri postbitteri
Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_location: Penglaitan Section, Laibin, Guangxi, China

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Stratigraphic definitions
Wuchiapingian life
Notable formations
References
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Regional stages with which the Wuchiapingian is coeval or overlaps include the Djulfian or Dzhulfian, Longtanian, Rustlerian, Saladoan, and Castilian.