Gorstian

Key events in the Silurian

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Key events of the Silurian Period.
Axis scale: millions of years ago.

In the geologic timescale, the Gorstian is the age of the Ludlow epoch of the Silurian period of the Paleozoic era of the Phanerozoic eon that is comprehended between 422.9 ± 2.5 Ma and 421.3 ± 2.6 Ma (million years ago), approximately. The Gorstian age succeeds the Homerian age and precedes the Ludfordian age.

Palaeontology

Arthropods

Arthropods of the Gorstian
Taxa	Presence	Location	Description	Images
Brontoscorpio		Trimpley, Worcestershire, UK

References

↑ Jeppsson, L.; Calner, M. (2007). "The Silurian Mulde Event and a scenario for secundo—secundo events". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 93 (02): 135–154. doi:10.1017/S0263593300000377.
↑ Munnecke, A.; Samtleben, C.; Bickert, T. (2003). "The Ireviken Event in the lower Silurian of Gotland, Sweden-relation to similar Palaeozoic and Proterozoic events". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 195 (1): 99–124. doi:10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00304-3.

Preceded by Proterozoic Eon	Phanerozoic Eon
	Paleozoic Era						Mesozoic Era			Cenozoic Era
	Cambrian	Ordovician	Silurian	Devonian	Carboniferous	Permian	Triassic	Jurassic	Cretaceous	Paleogene	Neogene	4ry

Geologic history of Earth

Cenozoic era
(present–66.0 Mya)

Quaternary (present–2.588 Mya)	Holocene (present–11.784 kya) Pleistocene (11.784 kya–2.588 Mya)
Neogene (2.588–23.03 Mya)	Pliocene (2.588–5.333 Mya) Miocene (5.333–23.03 Mya)
Paleogene (23.03–66.0 Mya)	Oligocene (23.03–33.9 Mya) Eocene (33.9–56.0 Mya) Paleocene (56.0–66.0 Mya)

Mesozoic era
(66.0–252.17 Mya)

Cretaceous (66.0–145.0 Mya)	Late (66.0–100.5 Mya) Early (100.5–145.0 Mya)
Jurassic (145.0–201.3 Mya)	Late (145.0–163.5 Mya) Middle (163.5–174.1 Mya) Early (174.1–201.3 Mya)
Triassic (201.3–252.17 Mya)	Late (201.3–237 Mya) Middle (237–247.2 Mya) Early (247.2–252.17 Mya)

Paleozoic era
(252.17–541.0 Mya)

Permian (252.17–298.9 Mya)	Lopingian (252.17–259.8 Mya) Guadalupian (259.8–272.3 Mya) Cisuralian (272.3–298.9 Mya)
Carboniferous (298.9–358.9 Mya)	Pennsylvanian (298.9–323.2 Mya) Mississippian (323.2–358.9 Mya)
Devonian (358.9–419.2 Mya)	Late (358.9–382.7 Mya) Middle (382.7–393.3 Mya) Early (393.3–419.2 Mya)
Silurian (419.2–443.8 Mya)	Pridoli (419.2–423.0 Mya) Ludlow (423.0–427.4 Mya) Wenlock (427.4–433.4 Mya) Llandovery (433.4–443.8 Mya)
Ordovician (443.8–485.4 Mya)	Late (443.8–458.4 Mya) Middle (458.4–470.0 Mya) Early (470.0–485.4 Mya)
Cambrian (485.4–541.0 Mya)	Furongian (485.4–497 Mya) Series 3 (497–509 Mya) Series 2 (509–521 Mya) Terreneuvian (521–541.0 Mya)

Proterozoic eon
(541.0 Mya–2.5 Gya)

Neoproterozoic (541.0 Mya–1 Gya)	Ediacaran (541.0-~635 Mya) Cryogenian (~635-~720 Mya) Tonian (~720 Mya-1 Gya)
Mesoproterozoic (1–1.6 Gya)	Stenian (1-1.2 Gya) Ectasian (1.2-1.4 Gya) Calymmian (1.4-1.6 Gya)
Paleoproterozoic (1.6–2.5 Gya)	Statherian (1.6-1.8 Gya) Orosirian (1.8-2.05 Gya) Rhyacian (2.05-2.3 Gya) Siderian (2.3-2.5 Gya)

Archean eon (2.5–4 Gya)

Eras	Neoarchean (2.5–2.8 Gya) Mesoarchean (2.8–3.2 Gya) Paleoarchean (3.2–3.6 Gya) Eoarchean (3.6–4 Gya)

Hadean eon (4–4.6 Gya)

(Informal)

kya = thousands years ago. Mya = millions years ago. Gya = billions years ago.
Source: (2015/01). International Commission on Stratigraphy. Retrieved 13 July 2015. Divisions of Geologic Time—Major Chronostratigraphic and Geochronologic Units USGS Retrieved 10 March 2013.

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