| Telychian | |||||||||||||
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| 438.6 ± 1.0 – 432.9 ± 1.2Ma | |||||||||||||
Paleogeography of the Telychian, 435 Ma | |||||||||||||
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| Etymology | |||||||||||||
| Name formality | Formal | ||||||||||||
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| Celestial body | Earth | ||||||||||||
| Regional usage | Global (ICS) | ||||||||||||
| Time scale(s) used | ICS Time Scale | ||||||||||||
| Definition | |||||||||||||
| Chronological unit | Age | ||||||||||||
| Stratigraphic unit | Stage | ||||||||||||
| Time span formality | Formal | ||||||||||||
| Lower boundary definition | FAD of thegraptoliteSpirograptus guerichi | ||||||||||||
| Lower boundary GSSP | El Pintado section,Seville,Spain 37°59′07″N5°55′43″W / 37.9853°N 5.9285°W /37.9853; -5.9285[4] | ||||||||||||
| Lower GSSP ratified | 2024[5][6] | ||||||||||||
| Upper boundary definition | Imprecise. Currently placed betweenacritarch biozone 5 andLAD ofPterospathodus amorphognathoides.See Llandovery for more info. | ||||||||||||
| Upper boundary definition candidates | A conodont boundary (Ireviken datum 2) which is close to themurchisoni graptolite biozone. | ||||||||||||
| Upper boundary GSSP candidate section(s) | None | ||||||||||||
| Upper boundary GSSP | Hughley Brook,Apedale,UK 52°34′52″N2°38′20″W / 52.5811°N 2.6389°W /52.5811; -2.6389 | ||||||||||||
| Upper GSSP ratified | 1980[7] | ||||||||||||
In thegeologic timescale, theTelychian is the third and finalage of theLlandovery Epoch of theSilurianPeriod of thePaleozoicEra of thePhanerozoicEon. The Telychian Age was between 438.6 ± 1.0 million years ago (Ma) and 432.9 ± 1.2 Ma. The Telychian Age succeeds theAeronian Age and precedes theSheinwoodian Age.[8] The name of the interval is derived from the Pen-lan-Telych Farm nearLlandovery, Powys,Wales.
It ended with theIreviken event.
TheIreviken event was the first of three relatively minorextinction events (the Ireviken,Mulde, andLau events) during the Silurian Period. It occurred at theLlandovery/Wenlock boundary (mid Silurian,432.9 ± 1.2 million years ago). The event is best recorded atIreviken,Gotland, where over 50% oftrilobite species became extinct; 80% of the globalconodont species also become extinct in this interval.
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