Ediacaran Period
(Ediacarian, Neoproterozoic III)
From 630 +5/-30 To 542 +/- 0.3 Ma
Start Defined By: Termination of Varanger (or Marinoan) glaciation, and
distinctive C-13 change.
End Defined By: Trace fossil, lowest occurrence of Treptichnus (Phycodes)
pedum. Near base of negative carbon-isotope excursion.
Start Based On: Gradstein, Ogg, Smith, _A Geologic Time Scale 2004_
End Based On: Amthor et. al., "Extinction of Cloudinia and Namacalathus at
the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary in Oman", _Geology_, v. 31, p. 431-434,
2003.
Comment: Exact date and boundary is grossly uncertain at present. This
stage replaces "Neoproterozoic III". Note that in paleontological usage,
the term "Ediacaran fauna" may be restricted to a particular group of
organisms representing only the most recent 1/3 to 1/2 of this period.
-- A Substage of --
Time: Precambrian (4567.17 - 542)
Eon: Proterozoic (2500 - 542)
Era: Neoproterozoic (1000 - 542)
Australian Stage: Adelaidean (1300 - 542)
Chinese Stage: Sinian (800 - 542)
General Stage: Vendian (650 - 542)
North American Stage: Hadrynian (850 - 542)
South African Stage: Namibian (900 - 542)
-- Preceeded By --
Period: Cryogenian (850 - 630)
General Stage: Varangian (650 - 630)
General Stage: Mortesnes (640 - 630)
-- Followed By --
Eon: Phanerozoic (542 - -5.5012e-005)
Era: Paleozoic (542 - 251)
Period: Cambrian (542 - 488.3)
Epoch: Early Cambrian (542 - 513)
Chinese Stage: Meishuchuan (542 - 532)
Russian-Kazakhian Stage: Nemakit-Daldynian (542 - 534)
-- Contains the Following Stages --
General Stage: Wonokan (630 - 570)
General Stage: Poundian (570 - 542)
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