Silurian
General info
Belongs to
Type chronostratigraphy
Rank System
Original rank ladestu
Scope global
Status formal standard
Author Murchison
Year 1839
Etymon Silures, a Welsh borderland tribe
Original locality Lõuna-Wales
Age top (Ma) 419.2
Age base (Ma) 443.8
Age (Ma)
Index
S
Date changed 2022-12-28
Stratotypes
LocalityTypeFrom (m)1To (m)2ReferenceRemarks
Dob's Linn, Scotland
boundary stratotype
ReferenceContentYear1PagesRemarks
Gradstein et al., 2004
2004
Gradstein et al., 2012
2012
632 - 670
Melchin et al., 2020
2020
695-732