Drumian

39.5117°N 112.9915°W / 39.5117; -112.9915 The Drumian is a stage of the Miaolingian Series of the Cambrian. It succeeds the Wuliuan and precedes the Guzhangian. The base is defined as the first appearance of the trilobite Ptychagnostus atavus around 504.5 million years ago. The top is defined as the first appearance of another trilobite Lejopyge laevigata around 500.5 million years ago.

Drumian
Chronology
Etymology
Name formalityFormal
Name ratified2006
Former name(s)Cambrian Stage 6
Usage information
Celestial bodyEarth
Regional usageGlobal (ICS)
Time scale(s) usedICS Time Scale
Definition
Chronological unitAge
Stratigraphic unitStage
First proposed byBabcock et al., 2006
Time span formalityFormal
Lower boundary definitionFAD of the Trilobite Ptychagnostus atavus
Lower boundary GSSPDrumian section, Wheeler Shale, Utah, U.S.A.
39.5117°N 112.9915°W / 39.5117; -112.9915
Lower GSSP ratified2006
Upper boundary definitionFAD of the Trilobite Lejopyge laevigata
Upper boundary GSSPLuoyixi section, Luoyixi, Guzhang, Hunan, China
28.7200°N 109.9647°E / 28.7200; 109.9647
Upper GSSP ratified2008
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