Canglangpuian

Chinese regional subdivision of the Cambrian

Cambrian graphical timeline

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Chengjiang biota

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Baykonurian glaciation

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Dresbachian extinction

Major Glacial period

Subdivision of the Cambrian according to the ICS, as of 2022.^[1]
Vertical axis scale: millions of years ago

The Canglangpuian age is a Chinese regional subdivision of the Cambrian, corresponding approximately to Cambrian Stage 4.^[2]

References

^ "Chart/Time Scale". stratigraphy.org. International Commission on Stratigraphy.
^ Rozanov, A. Y.; Zhu, M.; Pak, K. L.; Parkhaev, P. Y. (2008). "The 2nd Sino-Russian Symposium on the Lower Cambrian Subdivision". Paleontological Journal. 42 (4): 441. doi:10.1134/S0031030108040151.