ammonites

Shangsian age/stage

General information
Lower boundary: equal to 339.4 Ma (based on Asbian)
Upper boundary: equal to 326.4 Ma (based on Visean)
Continent: Asia
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See map of collections within this interval
Key correlations
Period: Carboniferous
Epoch: Middle Mississippian
Stage: Visean
Contained within
  • Mississippian
  • Carboniferous
  • Sherman
  • Paleozoic
  • Phanerozoic
    • Previous intervals
  • Holkerian
  • Aleksian
  • Tulian
  • Jiusian
    • Next intervals
  • Serpukhovian
  • Arnsbergian
  • Pendleian
  • Namurian
  • Late/Upper Mississippian
  • Zapaltyubian
  • Protvian
  • Steshevian
  • Tarussian
  • Dewunian
    • Shares base with
  • Asbian, Chesterian, Mikhailovian
    • Shares top with
  • Brigantian, Middle Mississippian, Venevian, Visean
    • Overlaps with
  • Meramecian (345.0 to 336.0 Ma)
    • Appears in scales
  • Subcommission on Carboniferous Stratigraphy Chinese Stages (2006)
  • Gradstein Carboniferous of South China (2004)

    • Interval name: