Paibian

Also known as Paibian Stage, Paibian Age, Cambrian Stage 8, Cambrian Age 8

The Paibian is the lowest stage of the Furongian Series of the Cambrian System. The Paibian is also the first age of the Furongian Epoch of the Cambrian Period. It follows the Guzhangian (Miaolingian series of the Cambrian) and is succeeded by the Jiangshanian Stage. The base is defined as the first appearance of the trilobite Glyptagnostus reticulatus around million years ago. The top, or the base of the Jiangshanian is defined as the first appearance of the trilobite Agnostotes orientalis around million years ago.

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Geologic timespan.name: Paibian
Geologic timespan.color: Paibian
Geologic timespan.time_start: 497
Geologic timespan.time_start_prefix: ~
Geologic timespan.time_end: 494.2
Geologic timespan.time_end_prefix: ~
Geologic timespan.image_map: Mollweide Paleographic Map of Earth, 495 Ma (Paibian Stage).png
Geologic timespan.caption_map: Map of Earth 495 million years ago
Geologic timespan.timeline: Cambrian
Geologic timespan.name_formality: Formal
Geologic timespan.name_accept_date: 2003
Geologic timespan.former_names: Cambrian Stage 8
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.proposed_by: Shanchi et al., 2002

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GSSP
Major events
Paleontology
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== GSSP == The name is derived from Paibi, a village in Hunan, China. The GSSP is defined in the "Paibi section" (Wuling Mountains, Huayuan County), an outcrop of the Huaqiao Formation (花桥组). The base is the first occurrence of Glyptagnostus reticulatus which is 396 m above the base of the Huaqiao Formation at the type locality ().

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