Kungurian

EtymologyName formalityFormalUsage informationCelestial bodyEarthRegional usageGlobal (ICS)Time scale(s) usedICS Time ScaleDefinitionChronological unitAgeStratigraphic unitStageTime span formalityFormalLower boundary definitionNot formally definedLower boundary definition candidatesNear FAD of the ConodontNeostreptognathodus pneviLower boundary GSSP candidate section(s)Mechetlino, Southern Ural Mountains, RussiaUpper boundary definitionFAD of the Conodont Jinogondolella nanginkensisUpper boundary GSSP, Guadalupe Mountains, Texas, U.S.A.
31°52′36″N104°52′36″W / 31.8767°N 104.8768°W / 31.8767; -104.8768Upper GSSP ratified2001

In the geologic timescale, the Kungurian is an age or stage of the Permian. It is the latest or upper of four subdivisions of the CisuralianEpoch or Series. The Kungurian lasted between 283.3 and 274.4 million years ago (Ma). It was preceded by the Artinskian and followed by the Roadian.