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Jiangshanian

28°48′57″N118°36′54″E / 28.815967°N 118.614933°E
Subdivision of the Cambrian according to the ICS, as of 2024.
Vertical axis scale: Millions of years ago
Vertical axis scale: Millions of years ago
28°48′57″N118°36′54″E / 28.815967°N 118.614933°E
The Jiangshanian is the middle stage of the Furongian series. It follows the Paibian Stage and is succeeded by the still unnamed Stage 10 of the Cambrian. The base is defined as the first appearance of the trilobiteAgnostotes orientalis which is estimated to be 494.2 million years ago. The Jiangshanian lasted until approximately 491 million years ago.
The Jiangshanian stage was named after Jiangshan, a city in China's Zhejiang province, where its GSSP was defined.