Cisuralian (298.9 +/-0.15 Ma)

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
0 / 65 / 60 / 0
Color RGB
R: 239 G: 88 B: 69
Rank
chronostratigraphic Epoch
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
valid formal name

Nomenclature

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Cisuralian
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Cisuralian
Italiano
Cisuraliano
English
Cisuralian (298.9 +/-0.15 Ma)
Origin of the Name

Named after the Cisural Mountains (western, European part of the Ural Mountains).

Historical Variants

Cisuralium

Age

Age at top
  • Kungurian
Age at base
  • Asselian

Geography

Type area
Ural Mountains
  • Kungurian (283.5 +/-0.6 Ma)

    Name Origin

    Named after the town of Kungur (Russia), near Perm.

    Rank
    chronostratigraphic Stage
    Status
    valid formal name
    Age
    Kungurian
  • Artinskian (290.1 +/-0.26 Ma)

    Name Origin

    Named after the town of Artinsk = Arti (Russia), S Perm.

    Rank
    chronostratigraphic Stage
    Status
    valid formal name
    In short

    Stage of the Early Permian.

    Age
    Artinskian
  • Sakmarian (293.52 +/-0.17 Ma)

    Name Origin

    Named after the Sakmara River (Russia).

    Rank
    chronostratigraphic Stage
    Status
    valid formal name
    Age
    Sakmarian
  • Asselian (298.9 +/-0.15 Ma)

    Name Origin

    Named after the Assel River, southern Ural Mountains (Kazakhstan / Bashkortostan).

    Rank
    chronostratigraphic Stage
    Status
    valid formal name
    In short

    First stage of the Cisuralian and hence base of the Permian.

    Age
    Asselian
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