| Wordian | |||||||||||||
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| 266.9 ± 0.4 – 264.28 ± 0.16 Ma
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| Name formality | Formal | ||||||||||||
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| Celestial body | Earth | ||||||||||||
| Regional usage | Global (ICS) | ||||||||||||
| Time scale(s) used | ICS Time Scale | ||||||||||||
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| Chronological unit | Age | ||||||||||||
| Stratigraphic unit | Stage | ||||||||||||
| Time span formality | Formal | ||||||||||||
| Lower boundary definition | FAD of the Conodont Jinogondolella aserrata | ||||||||||||
| Lower boundary GSSP | Guadalupe Pass, Guadalupe Mountains, Texas, USA 31°51′57″N 104°49′58″W / 31.8658°N 104.8328°W / 31.8658; -104.8328 | ||||||||||||
| Lower GSSP ratified | 2001[2] | ||||||||||||
| Upper boundary definition | FAD of the Conodont Jinogondolella postserrata | ||||||||||||
| Upper boundary GSSP | Nipple Hill, Guadalupe Mountains, Texas, USA 31°54′33″N 104°47′21″W / 31.9091°N 104.7892°W / 31.9091; -104.7892 | ||||||||||||
| Upper GSSP ratified | 2001[2] | ||||||||||||
In the geologic timescale, the Wordian is an ageorstage of the Permian. It is the middle of three subdivisions of the Guadalupian EpochorSeries. The Wordian lasted between 266.9 and 264.28 million years ago (Ma). It was preceded by the Roadian and followed by the Capitanian.[3]
The Wordian Stage was introduced into scientific literature by Johan August Udden in 1916 and was named after the Word Formation of the North American Permian Basin. The Wordian was first used as a stratigraphic subdivision of the Guadalupian in 1961,[4] when both names were still only used regionally in the southern US. The stage was added to the internationally used ISC timescale in 2001.[5]
The base of the Wordian Stage is defined as the place in the stratigraphic record where fossils of conodont species Jinogondolella aserrata first appear. The global reference profile for this stratigraphic boundary is located at Getaway Ledge in the Guadalupe MountainsofTexas.
The top of the Wordian (the base of the Capitanian Stage) is defined as the place in the stratigraphic record where the conodont species Jinogondolella postserrata first appears.
The Wordian stage was part of the time in which the Zechstein was deposited in Europe.
The Wordian spans the entire conodont biozoneofJinogondolella aserrata. It contains two fusulinid biozones:
Olson’s Extinction, a worldwide loss of terrestrial vertebrate life occurred during the Early Guadalupian (Roadian, Wordian).[6]
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| Cenozoic Era (present–66.0 Ma) |
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| Mesozoic Era (66.0–252 Ma) |
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| Paleozoic Era (252–539 Ma) |
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| Proterozoic Eon (539 Ma–2.5 Ga) |
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ka = kiloannum (thousands years ago); Ma = megaannum (millions years ago); Ga = gigaannum (billions years ago). | |||||||||||||
