Dapingian

Age

  • Base: 470.0 Ma (GTS 2012), 471.8 Ma (GTS 2004)
  • Top: 467.3 Ma (GTS 2012), 468.1 (GTS 2004)
  • Duration: 2.7 Ma (GTS 2012), 3.7 (GTS 2004)

Global stratotype section and point (GSSP)

  • Locality: Huanghuachang Section, NE of Yichang city, Hubei Province, S. China (30.8605°N, 110.3740°E)
  • Boundary level: 10.57 m above base of the Dawan Formation
  • Correlation events: Conodont FAD of Baltoniodus triangularis
  • Status: Ratified 2007, Episodes 28/2, p. 105 – 117, 2005; Episodes 32/2, p. 96-113, 2009

GSSP for the Dapingian Stage

GSSP for the Dapingian Stage, and Middle Ordovician, at Huanghuachang, Hubei, South China. Photo by Olle Hints.