Emsian
Also known as Emsian Stage, Emsian Age
The Emsian is one of three faunal stages in the Early Devonian Epoch. It lasted from 410.62 ±1.95 million years ago to 393.47 ±0.99 million years ago. It was preceded by the Pragian Stage and followed by the Eifelian Stage. It is named after the Ems river in Germany. The GSSP is located in the Zinzil'ban Gorge in the Kitab State Geological Reserve of Uzbekistan, above the contact with the Madmon Formation.
Key facts
- Geologic timespan.name
- Emsian
- Geologic timespan.color
- Emsian
- Geologic timespan.time_start
- 410.62
- Geologic timespan.time_start_uncertainty
- 1.95
- Geologic timespan.time_end
- 393.47
- Geologic timespan.time_end_uncertainty
- 0.99
- Geologic timespan.image_map
- Mollweide Paleographic Map of Earth, 405 Ma (Emsian Age).png
- Geologic timespan.caption_map
- Paleogeography of the Emsian, 405 Ma
- Geologic timespan.timeline
- Devonian
- Geologic timespan.name_formality
- Formal
- Geologic timespan.name_accept_date
- 1985
- Geologic timespan.celestial_body
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The Emsian is one of three faunal stages in the Early Devonian Epoch. It lasted from 410.62 ±1.95 million years ago to 393.47 ±0.99 million years ago. It was preceded by the Pragian Stage and followed by the Eifelian Stage. It is named after the Ems river in Germany. The GSSP is located in the Zinzil'ban Gorge in the Kitab State Geological Reserve of Uzbekistan, above the contact with the Madmon Formation.
In North America the Emsian Stage is represented by Sawkill or Sawkillian time.
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