Silesian (series)
| System | Series (NW Europe) |
Stage (NW Europe) |
Series (ICS) |
Stage (ICS) |
Age (Ma) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Permian | younger | ||||
| Carboniferous | Silesian | Stephanian | Pennsylvanian | Gzhelian | 299–303,9 |
| Westphalian | Kasimovian | 303,9–306,5 | |||
| Moscovian | 306,5–311,7 | ||||
| Bashkirian | 311,7–318,1 | ||||
| Namurian | |||||
| Mississippian | Serpukhovian | 318,1–326,4 | |||
| Dinantian | Visean | Visean | 326,4–345,3 | ||
| Tournaisian | Tournaisian | 345,3–359,2 | |||
| Devonian | older | ||||
| Subdivisions of the Carboniferous system in Europe compared with the official ICS-stages. | |||||
The Silesian is in the geologic timescale of Europe a series or epoch, a subdivision of the Carboniferous system or period. It follows or lies on top of the Dinantian epoch/series and lasted from roughly 326.4 to 299.0 Ma ago. The Silesian is subdivided into three stages: (from young to old) Stephanian, Westphalian and Namurian. It was named for Silesia, a region that stretches over the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany.
The base of the Silesian is undefined, the top is defined by the first appearance of the conodont Streptognathodus isolatus.