Gorstiano

Also known as Gorstian Stage, Gorstian Age

In the geologic timescale, the Gorstian is an age of the Ludlow Epoch of the Silurian Period of the Paleozoic Era of the Phanerozoic Eon that is comprehended between 426.7 ± 1.5 Ma and 425.0 ± 1.5 Ma (million years ago), approximately. The Gorstian Age succeeds the Homerian Age and precedes the Ludfordian Age. The age is named after Gorsty village southwest of Ludlow. The base of the age is marked by Saetograptus (Colonograptus) varians. The type section is located in a quarry in the Elton Formation at Pitch Coppice, Shropshire, United Kingdom.

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Geologic timespan.name: Gorstian
Geologic timespan.color: Gorstian
Geologic timespan.time_start: 426.7
Geologic timespan.time_start_uncertainty: 1.5
Geologic timespan.time_end: 425.0
Geologic timespan.time_end_uncertainty: 1.5
Geologic timespan.image_map: Geology of Asia 425Ma.jpg
Geologic timespan.caption_map: Paleogeography of the late Gorstian, 425 Ma
Geologic timespan.timeline: Silurian
Geologic timespan.name_formality: Formal
Geologic timespan.name_accept_date: 1980
Geologic timespan.celestial_body: earth
Geologic timespan.usage: Global (ICS)
Geologic timespan.timescales_used: ICS Time Scale
Geologic timespan.chrono_unit: Age
Geologic timespan.strat_unit: Stage
Geologic timespan.timespan_formality: Formal
Geologic timespan.lower_boundary_def: FAD of the graptolite Saetograptus (Colonograptus) varians

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Instance of: stage
Followed by: Ludfordian
Follows: Homerian

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start time: 427400000-
end time: 427400000-
sRGB color hex triplet: C3EAE6
different from: Gorst

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Nella scala dei tempi geologici, il Gorstiano rappresenta il primo dei due stadi stratigrafici o età in cui è suddiviso il Ludlow, la terza epoca del periodo Siluriano, che a sua volta è il terzo dei sei periodi in cui è suddivisa l'era del Paleozoico. Il Gorstiano è compreso tra 422,9 ± 2,5 e 421,3 ± 2,6 milioni di anni fa (Ma), preceduto dall'Homeriano e seguito dal Ludfordiano.

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