Dawan age

477.9 - 466.3 Ma

The definition of this interval in the timescale Ordovician of China is taken from the following source:

  • B. D. Webby. 1998. Steps toward a global standard for Ordovician stratigraphy. Newsletters in Stratigraphy 36:1-33 view

The top and bottom ages have been interpolated based on the differences between the ages for international timescale boundaries quoted in the source and the currently accepted ages for those boundaries.

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This interval is used in the definition of 29 collections

A total of 3133 collections with 15475 occurrences lie within this time span

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International Chronostratigraphic TimescaleOrdovician of ChinaOrdovician of North America
OrdovicianLate OrdovicianHirnantianHirnantianXiaoxita †/ShikouWufeng †CincinnatianGamachian443.8
KatianChientangkiangian445.2
Richmondian446 *
Neichianshanian/Hanjiang449.5
MaysvillianRocklandian †/Shermanian/Ashbyan/Kirkfieldian/Blackriveran/Wildernessian/Trentonian/Franklinian449.8 *
Edenian450.4 *
MohawkianChatfieldian451.1 *
Sandbian453
Turinian453.7 *
WhiterockianCanadian †Chazyan †/Marmor457 *
Middle OrdovicianDarriwilianDarriwilianGuniu †/Hulo458.4
Hunjiang †Dawan †/Daobaowan/Ningkuo466.3 *
DapingianDapingian467.3
Rangerian469.1 *
Early OrdovicianFloianYiyangianIbexianBlackhillsianJeffersonian †Cassinian †470
Tulean473.9 *
TremadocianXinchangian477.7
Lianghekou †477.9 *
Stairsian480.3 *
Skullrockian/Demingian482 *
485.4
487.5